00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 54(L&C)                                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to exclusive service areas for utilities certificated to provide                                       
02 electric utility service and to the definition of 'general public' for utilities                                        
03 furnishing electric service; and prohibiting certain exemptions from regulation."                                       
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  INTENT.  It is the intent of secs. 2 and 4 of this Act to state the policy only                        
06 concerning service areas for electric utilities and, in sec. 3 of this Act, to affect only refuse                       
07 collection utilities.  The amendments made by this Act do not apply to other utility services.                          
08    * Sec. 2.  AS 42.05.221 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                               
09  (g)  A certificate issued under this section to a public utility providing electric                                   
10 service establishes an exclusive service area for the provision of electric service.                                    
11    * Sec. 3.  AS 42.05.711(d)  is amended to read:                                                                      
12  (d)  Except for refuse collection utilities and service, the [THE] commission                                       
13 may exempt a utility, a class of utilities, or a utility service from all or a portion of                               
14 this chapter if the commission finds that the exemption is in the public interest.                                      

01    * Sec. 4.  AS 42.05.990(3) is amended to read:                                                                       
02   (3)  "public" or "general public" means                                                                              
03   (A)  a group of 10 or more customers that purchase the service                                                      
04 or commodity furnished by a public utility;                                                                             
05   (B)  one or more customers that purchase electrical service for                                                     
06 use within an area that is certificated to [AND PRESENTLY OR FORMERLY                                                   
07 SERVED BY] an electric utility if the total annual compensation paid by                                                
08 customers located within that certificated area to entities that provide                                                
09 electrical service other than the certificated utility [THAT THE                                                       
10 ELECTRICAL UTILITY RECEIVES FOR SALES OF ELECTRICITY]                                                                   
11 exceeds $50,000; and                                                                                                    
12    (C)  a utility purchasing the product or service or paying for the                                                 
13 transmission of electric energy, natural or manufactured gas, or petroleum                                              
14 products that are re-sold to a person or group included in (A) or (B) of this                                           
15 paragraph or that are used to produce the service or commodity sold to the                                              
16 public by the utility;