Notice of Utility Tariff Filing
The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that Golden Valley Electric Association, Inc. (GVEA) filed TA396-13, seeking Commission approval of a special contract with Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc. (UCM) for power sales (special contract). Under the terms of the special contract, GVEA will not utilize UCM’s mining dragline demand in the calculation of UCM's demand ratchet for the shorter of a) a one-year period of time; b) until the mining dragline is returned to operation; or, c) any earlier termination as permitted under the special contract. If UCM’s mining dragline is relocated, the special contract allows UCM to conduct a partial startup of the dragline for testing and troubleshooting purposes during re-installation without terminating the demand rachet exemption, so long as UCM provides a minimum of ninety days’ notice to GVEA. The effective date of the special contract is December 30, 2025.
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 Daniel Heckman, GVEA Regulatory Manager, at PO Box 71249, Fairbanks, AK 99707; phone: (907) 458-5706; email: DAHeckman@gvea.com. The complete filing is also available for inspection at the Commission's office, at 701 West 8th Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, AK 99501; phone: (907) 276-6222, or may be viewed at the Commission’s website at http://rca.alaska.gov by typing “TA396-13” in the Find a Matter search box.
To comment on this filing, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., November 28, 2025, at either the Commission address given above or at its website:
https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx
Please reference TA396-13 and include a statement that you have filed a copy of the comments with GVEA at its address given 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 November 20, 2025.
DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 13th day of November, 2025.
REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA
John Paul Manaois
Engineering Section Manager