Notice of Utility Application
The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that on December 30, 2022, Juneau Hydropower, Inc. (JHI) filed an application for a new certificate of public convenience and necessity. JHI proposes to provide new hydroelectrical generation service and high–voltage transmission service initially to industrial mining customers in the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska. Docket No. U-22-095 was opened to address this matter.
A person who proposes to file an application to furnish the same, or substantially the same, service or facility to essentially the same service area or route, in whole or in part, thus creating the potential for mutually exclusive applications must file a notice of intent to file a competing application by February 10, 2023. The person must then file the competing application by April 11, 2023. If no notice of intent to file a competing application is filed by February 10, 2023, the Commission will proceed to grant or deny the application.
In conjunction with its application, JHI has filed a petition for confidential treatment of certain financial and contractual information filed in support of the application, along with diagrams containing critical energy infrastructure information protected by federal law. Interested persons may file a response to JHI’s petition for confidential treatment with the Commission by 5:00 p.m., February 1, 2023.
JHI also filed a petition for exemption from economic regulation under AS 42.05.711(d). Economic regulation means regulation of matters concerning a utility's rates and charges, quality of service, management practices, and customer complaints. If granted an exemption, the Commission would have no jurisdiction over these aspects of JHI's electric utility service. The Commission has the authority to grant's JHI's request in its entirety, or in part.
The Commission has not assessed the completeness of the application or ruled on the petition for confidential treatment. The Commission will rule on the petition for confidential treatment and determine whether the application is complete by March 3, 2023.
You may obtain more information about this filing by contacting Matthew T. Findley at Ashburn & Mason, P.C., attorney for JHI, at 1227 West 9th Avenue, Suite 200, Anchorage, AK 99501, phone (907) 276-4331. The complete filing is also available for inspection at the Commission's office, 701 West 8th Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, AK 99501; Phone: (907) 276-6222, or may be viewed at the Commission’s website, http://rca.alaska.gov/ by typing Docket “U-22-095" in the Find a Matter search box.
Interested persons may comment on the application or may file a formal protest of the application that conforms with the requirements of 3 AAC 48.654. Comments on the application or a protest of the application must be filed by 5:00 p.m., February 1, 2023, at the Commission's address above or via our website at:
https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx
Please reference Docket No. U-22-095, and include a statement that you have filed a copy of the comments or protest with JHI at the address given above.
Individuals or groups of people with disabilities, who require special accommodations, auxiliary aids or service, or alternative communications formats, please contact Naomi Johnston at (907) 276-6222, toll-free at 1-800-390-2782, TTY/Alaska Relay: 7–1–1 or 1 (800) 770-8973, or send a request via electronic mail to rca.mail@alaska.gov by January 25, 2023.
Dated at Anchorage, Alaska, this 11th day of January 2023.
REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA
Keith Kurber II
Chairman