3 AAC 46.160 - Continuing requirements
(a) On or before
October 1 of each year, an electric reliability organization shall
electronically file with the commission, in accordance with
3
AAC 48.095, on a form provided by the commission, a
report containing
(1) the organizational
structure for the electric reliability organization, that includes committee
descriptions;
(2) a discussion of
the electric reliability organization's major activities, accomplishments,
penalties, and events;
(3) a
self-assessment describing how the electric reliability organization continues
to comply with the requirements of
AS
42.05.762;
(4) a narrative describing the electric
reliability organization's compliance with
3
AAC 46.060(b)(5)(B) for balanced
stakeholder boards, with
3
AAC 46.070(a) for independent
stakeholder boards, or with both
3
AAC 46.060(b)(5)(B) and
3
AAC 46.070(a) for combination
independent and balanced stakeholder boards, as applicable to the type of board
governing the electric reliability organization;
(5) staffing and organization charts;
and
(6) a description of the board
members or electric reliability organization personnel that establish the
technical competency required under
AS
42.05.762.
(b) Not later than 45 days before its annual
surcharge filing made in compliance with
3
AAC 46.430, a certificated electric reliability
organization shall file, in accordance with
3
AAC 48.095, a proposed budget, including anticipated
administrative costs for the following calendar year, to the commission as an
informational filing described in the commission's records with the prefix
"EB." The electric reliability organization must transmit the budget filing to
the commission under a consecutively numbered cover letter designated as
"EB[number]" followed by a hyphen and the number of the electric reliability
organization's certificate.
(c)
The electric reliability organization's budget filing must include
(1) a narrative description and explanation
of the proposed budget by account and subaccount;
(2) a schedule and explanation of each
account and subaccount that has increased or decreased more than 10 percent
from the previous 12-month period; and
(3) if applicable, other information that the
board of directors of the electric reliability organization considers
appropriate to support the budget.
(d) The electric reliability organization
shall make a good faith effort to electronically notify each registered entity
of the proposed budget and include the location of the public documents that
support the proposed budget filed with the commission. The electric reliability
organization shall publish on its website a notice of the proposed budget and
the public documents that support the proposed budget.
(e) The electric reliability organization may
modify the proposed budget in response to public comments or revised cost
estimates before submitting its surcharge filing under
3
AAC 46.430. A modification of the budget under this
subsection must be identified and explained in the tariff letter included with
the electric reliability organization's surcharge filing.
(f) The annual surcharge factor proposed to
recover the proposed budget of the electric reliability organization will be
allocated to load-serving entities served by the electric reliability
organization on the basis of net energy for load. An electric reliability
organization may petition the commission to authorize a different method of
allocating the proposed budget of the electric reliability organization. A
petition must provide information sufficient to support a finding that good
cause exists for the use of a different method.
(g) The commission may waive or modify by
order the requirements of this section, in whole or in part, upon application
and a showing of good cause or on the commission's own motion, if the waiver
does not also require a waiver of the requirements set out in
AS
42.05.762 or
42.05.772.
Notes
Authority:AS 42.05.141
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.760
AS 42.05.762
AS 42.05.770
AS 42.05.772
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