HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON UTILITY RESTRUCTURING                                                                              
                   March 24, 1999                                                                                               
                     8:04 a.m.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
PRESENTATIONS: APUC; CEA-UTILITY FROM ANCHORAGE; AND GCI                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
BRIEFING OVERVIEW BY STAFF                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     - SCHEDULED BUT NOT HEARD                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
FOUR DAM POOL, PCE TRANSFER FUND                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     - OVERVIEW HEARING CANCELED                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
TAPE(S)                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
99-9, SIDE(S) A & B                                                                                                             
99-10, SIDE(S) A                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Representative Bill Hudson, Chairman, convened the House Special                                                                
Committee on Utility Restructuring meeting at 8:04 a.m.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives                                                             
Hudson, Cowdery, Kott, Porter and Green (alternate).                                                                            
Representative(s) Davies and Berkowitz arrived as the meeting was                                                               
in progress.  Representative Rokeberg was not present.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
DANE LARSON, Legislative Auditor, Legislative Audit Division,                                                                   
Legislative Agencies and Offices, came before the committee and                                                                 
presented the audit report on the Alaska Public Utilities                                                                       
Commission dated December 23, 1998.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
PAT DAVIDSON, Legislative Auditor, Legislative Audit Division,                                                                  
Legislative Agencies and Offices, came before the committee and                                                                 
answered questions regarding the audit report on the Alaska Public                                                              
Utilities Commission.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
GENE BJORNSTAD, General Manager, Chugach Electric Association,                                                                  
Incorporated, came before the committee and gave a presentation                                                                 
titled, "Presentation to the House Special Committee on Utility                                                                 
Restructuring - March 24, 1999".                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
JIMMY JACKSON, Attorney, General Communications Incorporated, came                                                              
before the committee and discussed his experiences as a hearing                                                                 
officer with the Alaska Public Utilities Commission and the effects                                                             
of competition on long-distance telephone services.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The meeting adjourned at 9:48 a.m.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
The meeting was recorded and handwritten log notes were taken.  A                                                               
copy of the tape(s) and log notes may be obtained by contacting the                                                             
House Records Office at 130 Seward Street, Suite 211, Juneau,                                                                   
Alaska  99801-1182, (907) 465-2214, and after adjournment of the                                                                
second session of the Twenty-first Alaska State Legislature, in the                                                             
Legislative Reference Library.