Unless the context indicates otherwise, in 3 AAC 52.600 - 3 AAC 52.690

1. (1) "commission" means the Regulatory Commission of Alaska;
2. (2) "community facility" means a facility determined by the Alaska Energy Authority to be a community facility as defined in AS 42.45.150(1) and 3 AAC 107.270(b);
3. (3) "fuel surcharge" means a fuel cost rate adjustment, a cost-of-power adjustment, or any similar mechanism;
4. (4) "kilowatt-hour sold" means all electric energy delivered by a utility to consumers and includes energy furnished by the utility to a consumer free of charge;
5. (5) "nonregulated participating electric utility" means a utility that is exempt from the provisions of AS 42.05, except for the provisions of AS 42.05.221 - 42.05.281, or from all the provisions of AS 42.05;
6. (6) "participating electric utility" means an eligible electric utility as defined in AS 42.45.150(2) that receives payments from the power cost equalization fund;
7. (7) "regulated participating electric utility" means a utility as defined in AS 42.05.990(4)(A) that is subject to the provisions of AS 42.05;
8. (8) "substantial inventory capacity" means fuel storage capacity exceeding 10 percent of annual usage;
9. (9) "PCE" means power cost equalization.

(Eff. 10/28/89, Register 112; am 5/18/96, Register 138; am 4/24/2004, Register 170; am 9/11/2004, Register 171)

Authority: AS 42.05.141, AS 42.45.110, AS 42.45.170, AS 42.05.151, AS 42.45.130, AS 42.05.990, AS 42.45.160