00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 54(FIN)                                                                                          
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; relating to employees and terms of members of the                                          
04 Alaska Public Utilities Commission; and prohibiting certain exemptions from                                             
05 regulation."                                                                                                            
06 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
07    * Section 1.  INTENT.  It is the intent of secs. 4 and 6 of this Act to state the policy only                        
08 concerning service areas for electric utilities and, in sec. 5 of this Act, to affect only refuse                       
09 collection utilities.  The amendments made by those sections of this Act do not apply to other                          
10 utility services.                                                                                                       
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 39.25.120(c)(6) is amended to read:                                                                    
12   (6)  the executive director, deputy director, hearing officers, [AND]                                                
13 administrative law judges, and two special assistants of the Alaska Public Utilities                                  
14 Commission;                                                                                                             

01    * Sec. 3.  AS 42.05.030(a) is amended to read:                                                                       
02  (a) The term of office of each member is six years and expires on February 1.                                       
03 A commissioner, upon the expiration of a term, shall continue to hold office until a                                    
04 successor is appointed and qualified.                                                                                   
05    * Sec. 4.  AS 42.05.221 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                               
06  (g)  A certificate issued under this section to a public utility providing electric                                   
07 service establishes an exclusive service area for the provision of electric service.                                    
08    * Sec. 5.  AS 42.05.711(d)  is amended to read:                                                                      
09  (d)  Except for refuse collection utilities and service, the [THE] commission                                       
10 may exempt a utility, a class of utilities, or a utility service from all or a portion of                               
11 this chapter if the commission finds that the exemption is in the public interest.                                      
12    * Sec. 6.  AS 42.05.990(3) is amended to read:                                                                       
13   (3)  "public" or "general public" means                                                                              
14   (A)  a group of 10 or more customers that purchase the service                                                      
15 or commodity furnished by a public utility;                                                                             
16   (B)  one or more customers that purchase electrical service for                                                     
17 use within an area that is certificated to [AND PRESENTLY OR FORMERLY                                                   
18 SERVED BY] an electric utility if the total annual compensation paid by                                                
19 customers located within that certificated area to entities that provide                                                
20 electrical service other than the certificated utility [THAT THE                                                       
21 ELECTRICAL UTILITY RECEIVES FOR SALES OF ELECTRICITY]                                                                   
22 exceeds $50,000; and                                                                                                    
23    (C)  a utility purchasing the product or service or paying for the                                                 
24 transmission of electric energy, natural or manufactured gas, or petroleum                                              
25 products that are re-sold to a person or group included in (A) or (B) of this                                           
26 paragraph or that are used to produce the service or commodity sold to the                                              
27 public by the utility;                                                                                                  
28    * Sec. 7.  Notwithstanding AS 42.05.030(a), amended by sec. 3 of this Act, the terms of                              
29 members of the Alaska Public Utilities Commission who are currently serving will expire on                              
30 the first February 1 that occurs at least six year after the member's appointment to the                                
31 commission.  For a member who is appointed to fill a vacancy, the term expires on the                                   

01 February 1 that occurs at least six years after the vacating member's appointment.