00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 138                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to regulation of certain oil and gas facilities by the Regulatory                                      
02 Commission of Alaska."                                                                                                  
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 42.05.990(5) is amended to read:                                                                   
05                 (5)  "public utility" or "utility" includes every corporation whether                                   
06       public, cooperative, or otherwise, company, individual, or association of individuals,                            
07       their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by a court, that owns, operates, manages,                         
08       or controls any plant, pipeline, or system for                                                                    
09                      (A)  furnishing, by generation, transmission, or distribution,                                     
10            electrical service to the public for compensation;                                                           
11                      (B)  furnishing telecommunications service to the public for                                       
12            compensation;                                                                                                
13                      (C)  furnishing water, steam, or sewer service to the public for                                   
14            compensation;                                                                                                

01                      (D)  furnishing by transmission or distribution of natural or                                      
02            manufactured gas to the public for compensation;                                                             
03                      (E)  furnishing for distribution or by distribution petroleum or                                   
04            petroleum products to the public for compensation when the consumer has no                                   
05            alternative in the choice of supplier of a comparable product and service at an                              
06            equal or lesser price;                                                                                       
07                      (F)  furnishing collection and disposal service of garbage,                                        
08            refuse, trash, or other waste material to the public for compensation;                                       
09                      (G)  furnishing the service of natural gas storage to the public                                   
10            for compensation;                                                                                            
11                      (H)  furnishing, to the public for compensation, the service                                   
12            of                                                                                                       
13                           (i)  oil, gas, and water separation;                                                      
14                           (ii)  gas dehydration, compression, and reinjection;                                      
15                           (iii)  natural gas liquid production; or                                                  
16                           (iv)  water treatment and reinjection;