00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 313                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the calculation of the regulatory cost charge for public utilities and                              
02 pipeline carriers; and providing for an effective date."                                                                
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 42.05.254(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
05 (a)  A regulated public utility or a certificated utility that provides                                                 
06 telecommunications services operating in the state shall pay to the commission an                                       
07 annual regulatory cost charge in an amount not to exceed the maximum percentage of                                      
08 adjusted gross revenue that applies to the utility sector of which the utility is a part.                               
09 The regulatory cost charges that the commission expects to collect from all regulated                                   
10 utilities and certificated utilities providing telecommunications services may not                                      
11 exceed the sum of the following percentages of the total adjusted gross revenue of all                                  
12 regulated public utilities and certificated utilities providing telecommunications                                      
13 services derived from operations in the state: (1) not more than .98 [.7] percent to fund                           
14 the operations of the commission, and (2) not more than .22 [.17] percent to fund                                   

01 operations of the public advocacy function under AS 42.04.070(c) and                                                    
02 AS 44.23.020(e) within the Department of Law. An exempt utility that does not                                           
03 provide telecommunications services shall pay the actual cost of services provided to                                   
04       it by the commission.                                                                                           
05    * Sec. 2.  AS 42.06.286(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
06 (a)  A pipeline carrier operating in the state shall pay to the commission an                                           
07 annual regulatory cost charge in an amount not to exceed the sum of the following                                       
08 percentages of gross revenue derived from operations in the state: (1) not more than                                    
09 .98 [.7] percent to fund the operations of the commission, and (2) not more than .22                            
10 [.17] percent to fund operations of the public advocacy function under                                                  
11 AS 42.04.070(c) and AS 44.23.020(e) within the Department of Law. A regulatory                                          
12 cost charge may not be assessed on pipeline carrier operations unless the operations                                    
13       are within the jurisdiction of the commission.                                                                  
14    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).