Notice of Utility Tariff Filing
The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that Chugach Electric Association, Inc. (Chugach) filed TA578-8, seeking approval of a wholesale power contract with the City of Seward d/b/a Seward Electric System (Seward) (2025 Agreement). The 2025 Agreement replaces the previous 2022 Agreement and maintains the same pricing structure, with interruptible, all-requirements service provided to Seward at Chugach’s sale for resale tariff rates and wholesale surcharges. The term of the 2025 Agreement is three years with two successive three-year terms unless either Party provides written notice of termination to the other Party at least one year prior to the expiration. The 2025 Agreement also includes provisions transferring transmission cost recovery to the Railbelt Transmission Organization (RTO) once the RTO open access transmission tariff is approved. Chugach and Seward will be separately responsible for their allocated shares of the RTO's annual transmission revenue requirement, with limited exceptions for Seward's share of legacy transmission agreements and Chugach's Cooper Lake transmission line.
This notice does not contain all requested revisions, and the Commission may approve a rate or classification that varies from those proposed. You may obtain more information about this filing by contacting Matthew Clarkson, Chief Legal Officer at Chugach, at P.O. Box 196300, Anchorage, AK 99519-6300; phone: (907) 762-4516. The complete filing is also available for inspection at the Commission's office, at 701 West Eighth Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, AK 99501; phone: (907) 276-6222, or may be viewed on the Commission’s website at http://rca.alaska.gov by typing “TA578-8” in the Find a Matter search box.
To comment on this filing, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m. on September 5, 2025, at the Commission address given above or via our website at:
https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx
Please reference TA578-8 and include a statement that you have filed a copy of the comments with Chugach at its address above. Individuals or groups of people with disabilities, who require special accommodations, auxiliary aids or service, or alternative communication formats, please contact Shelby Lopez at (907) 276-6222, toll-free at 1-800-390-2782, or TTY/Alaska Relay: 7-1-1 or 1 (800) 770-8973 or send a request via electronic mail to rca.mail@alaska.gov by August 29, 2025.
DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 22nd day of August, 2025.
REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA
John Paul Manaois
Engineering Section Manager