NOTICE OF PETITION FOR APPROVAL OF JOINT PROPOSAL
The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that on June 9, 2021, Chugach Electric Association, Golden Valley Electric Association, Homer Electric Association, and Matanuska Electric Association (collectively the “Railbelt Utilities”) filed a petition for approval of a proposal that addresses rate design and other barriers to the deployment of electric vehicle (EV) fast charging infrastructure (DC fast chargers). Docket No. U-21-022 was opened to address this matter.
The Railbelt Utilities request that the Commission issue a declaratory order that adopts the joint proposal filed in the petition that would determine: (1) that privately owned EV DC charging stations are not a public utilities under AS 42.05.990 if the DC fast charging station receives electric service from the electric utility in whose service area the DC charging station is located; (2) requiring all jurisdictional electric utilities to revise their tariffs as necessary to exempt private EV DC charging stations from any prohibitions against reselling electricity; and (3) requiring those utilities desiring DC fasting charging rates to revise their tariffs to adopt the rate-design methodology proposed in the filing.
You may obtain more information about the filing from Arthur Miller, Executive Vice President, Regulatory & External Affairs, Chugach Electric Association, Inc., at 5601 Electron Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99518; phone: (907) 762-4758. The complete filing is also available for inspection at the Commission’s office at 701 West 8th Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, AK; phone: (907) 276-6222; or at the Commission’s website at www.rca.alaska.gov by typing Docket No. “U-21-022” in the Find a Matter search box.
To comment on this filing or file a protest to the petition, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., June 29, 2021, at the Commission’s address given above or via our website at:
https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx.
Please reference Docket No. U-21-022 and include a statement that you have filed a copy of your comments with Mr. Miller at the address given above.
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 TYY/Alaska Relay: 7-1-1 or 1(800) 770-8973 or send a request via email to rca.mail@alaska.gov by June 22, 2021.
DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 15th day of June, 2021.
REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA
Robert Pickett
Chairman