00                   HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 9                                                                    
01 Encouraging the Matanuska Electric Association to reverse its plan to pursue                                            
02 deregulation.                                                                                                           
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04       WHEREAS the Matanuska Electric Association has announced plans to attempt to                                    
05 remove itself from regulation by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; and                                               
06       WHEREAS one of the principal purposes of electric utility regulation by the                                     
07 Regulatory Commission of Alaska is to protect consumers; and                                                            
08       WHEREAS deregulation of the electrical industry is an extraordinarily complex                                   
09 issue; and                                                                                                              
10       WHEREAS the Alaska State Legislature examined the issue of deregulation of                                      
11 electric utilities in Alaska during the Twenty-First Alaska State Legislature and concluded                             
12 that deregulation was premature in the state; and                                                                       
13       WHEREAS no other Railbelt electric utility is considering removing itself from                                  
14 regulation by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; and                                                                  
15       WHEREAS the deregulation of the electric industry has caused unprecedented                                      
16 shortages of electrical power to consumers in some states; and                                                          

01       WHEREAS the deregulation of the electric industry has caused massive damage to                                  
02 certain economies in the United States; and                                                                             
03       WHEREAS the State of Alaska can learn much from the disastrous experiences of                                   
04 electrical deregulation in other states; and                                                                          
05       WHEREAS some states are now working on legislation to reregulate their electrical                               
06 industries;                                                                                                             
07       BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature does not support the                                           
08 deregulation plans of the Matanuska Electric Association and encourages the Matanuska                                   
09 Electric Association to reverse its deregulation plan in the best interest of its members.                              
10       A COPY of this resolution shall be sent to the board of directors of the Matanuska                              
11 Electric Association.