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HB 453                                                                                            
The Labor & Commerce Committee has considered:                                                      
                                                                                                    
    HOUSE BILL NO. 453                                                                              
    "An Act exempting from regulation under the Alaska Public                                       
    Utilities Regulatory Act wholesale agreements for the sale of                                   
    power by joint action agencies and contracts related to those                                   
    agreements, and joint action agencies composed of public utilities                              
    of political subdivisions and utilities organized under the Electric                            
    and Telephone Cooperative Act."                                                                 
                                                                                                    
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                 
                                                                                                    
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 453(L&C)                                                                  
    "An Act exempting from regulation under the Alaska Public                                       
    Utilities Regulatory Act wholesale agreements for the sale of                                   
    power by joint action agencies to public utilities that are parties to                          
    the agency agreement, including certain electric cooperatives, and                              
    contracts related to those agreements, and joint action agencies                                
    composed of public utilities of political subdivisions or utilities                             
    organized under the Electric and Telephone Cooperative Act or                                   
    both."                                                                                          
                                                                                                    
The report was signed by Representative Anderson, Chair, with the                                   
following individual recommendations:                                                               
                                                                                                    
No recommendation (7):  Crawford, Lynn, Gatto, Rokeberg,                                            
Dahlstrom, Guttenberg, Anderson                                                                     
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 453(L&C):                                                
                                                                                                    

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1.  Zero, Dept. of Community & Economic Development                                                 
                                                                                                    
HB 453 was referred to the Finance Committee.