Notice of Proposed Revision to Power Cost Equalization Base Amount
The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that pursuant to AS 42.45.110(c)(2) and 3 AAC 52.610(b) through (c), it has opened Docket U-20-017 to propose a revised base amount for Power Cost Equalization (PCE) calculations. AS 42.45.110(c)(2) provides in part:
“each year, the commission shall adjust the power costs for which power cost equalization may be paid to an electric utility based on the weighted average retail residential rate in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau . . .”
The current base amount is 19.10 cents per kilowatt-hour (¢/kWh). The Commission proposes to adjust the base amount to 20.63¢/kWh. The proposed 20.63¢/kWh base amount is a calculation of the weighted average cost of residential energy sales within Fairbanks, Anchorage, and Juneau during calendar year 2019.
The utilities providing service to these areas during 2019 were Chugach Electric Association, Inc. (Chugach); Matanuska Electric Association, Inc. (MEA); and the Municipality of Anchorage d/b/a Municipal Light and Power Department (ML&P) in Anchorage; Golden Valley Electric Association, Inc. (GVEA) in Fairbanks; and Alaska Electric Light and Power Company (AEL&P) in Juneau. The proposed 20.63¢/kWh base amount calculations are as follows:
| PROPOSED FY2021 PCE BASE AMOUNT CALCULATION |
| Utility | Total Residential Sales (kWh) | Total Residential Sales ($) | Total Residential Sales ($/kWh) | % Total Residential (kWh) | Weighted Average per kWh |
| AEL&P | 143,208,000 | $ 20,342,370 | $0.1420 | 16.687% | $ 0.0237 |
| Chugach | 452,380,974 | $ 95,714,059 | $0.2116 | 52.711% | $ 0.1115 |
| GVEA | 53,346,780 | $ 14,016,797 | $0.2627 | 6.216% | $ 0.0163 |
| MEA | 93,557,008 | $ 20,141,753 | $0.2153 | 10.901% | $ 0.0235 |
| ML&P | 115,730,000 | $ 26,832,744 | $0.2319 | 13.485% | $ 0.0313 |
| Total | 858,222,762 | $ 177,047,724 | | 100.000% | $ 0.2063 |
You may obtain additional information about the calculation of the proposed base amount by contacting Tariff Section Staff at the Commission’s office at 701 West Eighth Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, Alaska 99501; phone: (907) 276-6222, or by email at rca.mail@alaska.gov.
To comment on this docket, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., June 8, 2020, at the Commission’s address given above or via the Commission’s website at:
http://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx
Please reference Docket No. U-20-017 in the subject line of your comments.
Individuals or groups of people with disabilities, who require special accommodations, auxiliary aids or service, or alternative communication formats, please contact Valerie Fletcher-Mitchell at (907) 276-6222, toll-free at 1-800-390-2782, or TTY/Alaska Relay: 7-1-1 or (800) 770-8973, or send a request via electronic mail to rca.mail@alaska.gov by June 1, 2020.
In addition, a public hearing will be held on June 9, 2020, at 2:00 p.m., in the Commission’s East Hearing Room, 701 West Eighth Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, to consider comments on the proposed action. Individuals wishing to present oral comments at the public hearing are requested to file a written notice of such intent with the Commission by June 8, 2020; however, such notification is not mandatory.
The Commission, after the deadline stated above, will either adopt this or other proposals dealing with the same subject without further notice, or decide to take no action on them.
DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 8th day of May, 2020.
REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA
Robert M. Pickett
Chairman