SB 277: "An Act exempting from regulation by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and by municipalities generators of electricity from renewable energy resources that sell electricity to regulated utilities."
00 SENATE BILL NO. 277 01 "An Act exempting from regulation by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and by 02 municipalities generators of electricity from renewable energy resources that sell 03 electricity to regulated utilities." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 29.35.070(a) is amended to read: 06 (a) The assembly acting for the area outside all cities in the borough and the 07 council acting for the area in a city may regulate, fix, establish, and change the rates 08 and charges imposed for a utility service provided to the municipality or its inhabitants 09 by a utility that is not subject to regulation under AS 42.05 unless that utility is 10 exempted from regulation under AS 42.05.711(a), (d) - (k), (o), [OR] (p), or (q), or is 11 exempted under regulations adopted under AS 42.05.810 from complying with all or 12 part of AS 42.05.141 - 42.05.721. 13 * Sec. 2. AS 42.05.711(l) is amended to read: 14 (l) A person, utility, joint action agency established under AS 42.45.310, or
01 cooperative that is exempt from regulation under (a), (d) - (k), [OR] (o), or (q) of this 02 section is not subject to regulation by a municipality under AS 29.35.060 and 03 29.35.070. 04 * Sec. 3. AS 42.05.711 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 05 (q) This chapter does not apply to a person that owns a plant or facility for 06 generating electricity entirely from renewable energy resources if the person sells the 07 electricity generated by the plant or facility only to one or more utilities that are 08 regulated by the commission. In this subsection, "renewable energy resources" has the 09 meaning given in AS 42.45.045(l).