3 AAC 53.300 - Applicability, finding, purpose, and waiver
(a) The provisions
of 3 AAC 53.300 -
3
AAC 53.399 apply to all public utilities that provide
intrastate telecommunications service in this state.
(b) The purpose of
3
AAC 53.300 -
3
AAC 53.399 is
(1) to
(A) promote the efficiency, availability, and
affordability of universal telephone service in this state through the
establishment of the Alaska Universal Service Fund (AUSF);
(B) recalculate the rates and charges of
intrastate telecommunications utilities so as to make explicit any subsidies
that have previously been implicit; and
(C) implement state participation in federal
programs for the support of universal service under
47 U.S.C. 254
of the Federal Communications Act, as amended by the Telecommunications Act of
1996 (P.L.
104-104 ); and
(2) not to raise revenue for the maintenance
of government service offered to the general public.
(c) For good cause shown, the commission
will, in its discretion, waive the application of all or any portion of
3
AAC 53.300 -
3
AAC 53.399 to a public utility providing intrastate
telecommunications service. If a waiver is granted under this subsection, the
commission will establish, by order, appropriate criteria on a case-by-case
basis for the public utility that received the waiver.
(d) The provisions of
3
AAC 53.300 -
3
AAC 53.399 do not apply after June 30, 2023. The
commission will commence a comprehensive review of the AUSF not later than June
30, 2021.
Notes
Authority:AS 42.05.141
AS 42.05.145
AS 42.05.151
AS 42.05.431
AS 42.05.711
AS 42.05.800
AS 42.05.840
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