A. 
Advisory commissions shall maintain separate files for all rate and complaint matters, assign a case number and an appropriate caption to each rate and complaint matter, and maintain a case listing.
B. 
A separate series of case numbers will be used for each calendar year.
C. 
Files for rate and complaint matters shall contain the original of each filing, a transcript of the public hearing, and all other materials relating to the proceeding.
(AR No. 89-242(S))
A. 
A filing for a permanent rate change shall be assigned a case number and considered in a public hearing, if required, pursuant to Anchorage Municipal Code chapter 3.40.
B. 
Applications for review of an administrative determination of a complaint shall be assigned a case number and reviewed in a public hearing pursuant to Anchorage Municipal Code chapter 3.60, if the complaint cannot be resolved informally.
(AR No. 89-242(S))
A. 
An advisory commission shall give the public reasonable notice of public hearings.
B. 
For public hearings on permanent rate changes, reasonable notice shall consist of published notice no less than 30 days prior to the hearing date and for no less than one per week, and may include a written notice mailed to the municipal utility's customers in the month preceding the public hearing. Published notices involving permanent rate changes under review by an advisory commission shall contain the following information:
1. 
Identify the subject matter, time, date and location of the public hearing;
2. 
State that written materials supporting the proposed permanent rate change are available to the public for review;
3. 
Inform the public of its right to comment on the proposed rate changes in writing as well as at the public hearing; and
4. 
Inform the public that comments by interested members of the public will be considered by the advisory commission in making its determinations.
(AR No. 89-242(S); AO No. 2009-134, § 1, 1-12-2010)
A municipal public utility may supplement or amend its tariff filing or make additional filings. However, if the supplementary or additional filings represent or make a significant or material change in the original filing, the commission shall suspend the filing and re-notice the supplemented or amended filing to the public.
(AR No. 89-242(S))
A. 
Except as provided in subsections B and E of this section, permanent rate proposals filed with an advisory commission shall contain, at a minimum, the following supporting information:
1. 
The current or proposed budget of the municipal public utility;
2. 
A comparative statement of assets, liabilities, and other credits as of the end of each of the two calendar or fiscal years preceding the date of filing;
3. 
A comparative statement of income and operating expenses as of the end of each of the two calendar or fiscal years preceding the date of filing;
4. 
A comparative statement of changes in the utility's equity position to include fluctuations in capital stock, retained earnings, owner's equity, or fund balances for each of the two calendar or fiscal years preceding the date of filing;
5. 
A schedule showing the amount of the proposed rate change, both in absolute dollars and as a percentage increase or decrease, applied to the most recent approved permanent tariff rates and charges for each customer or service classification;
6. 
A schedule showing the computations of revenue requirement, and revenue deficiency or surplus, in both absolute dollars and as a percentage of revenues, for the normalized test year;
7. 
A schedule showing test-year operating revenues and expenses, pro forma adjustments, and the resulting normalized test-year operating revenues and expenses;
8. 
A schedule showing the computation of and a narrative explanation for any pro forma adjustments to the test-year results of operations;
9. 
A summary of utility plant and depreciation for each of the two calendar or fiscal years preceding the date of filing, showing plant in service; depreciation expense for each plant account; depreciation method; asset life; and net salvage used for computing that depreciation expense and the end-of-year balance of each plant account and the related account for accumulated depreciation;
10. 
A schedule showing the computation of weighted cost of capital, separately delineating the percentage amount and embedded cost of debt, and the percentage amount and rate of return on equity;
11. 
A schedule showing all liabilities of long-term debt for each of the two calendar or fiscal years preceding the filing, including a description of each obligation; nominal date of issue; date of maturity; authorized face amount; and the computation of the embedded cost of debt used in subsection A10 of this subsection; and
12. 
A schedule showing the calculation of debt service coverage as described in the individual utility bond covenants, for each of the two calendar or fiscal years preceding the filing and for the normalized test year.
B. 
Unless otherwise ordered by the commission, subsection A of this section does not apply to the following charges and periodic rates, provided cost justification is included with the tariff filings:
1. 
Charges for connections, reconnections, installations, bad checks, late payments, line extensions, meter testing, special services of a nonutility nature, special equipment (one-time charges), moves and changes, directory listings, or maintaining records;
2. 
Changes in customer deposit requirements;
3. 
Initial connection or installation charges and initial, inception, or periodic rates established for new equipment or a new service added to the tariff of a utility; and
4. 
Existing surcharge mechanisms such as cost of power adjustments will be revised according to provisions of the tariff on file with the municipal clerk and are not considered rate changes for the purposes of this section unless the methodology for calculating the surcharge is revised. The advisory commissions will forward revised surcharge adjustments to the assembly for approval.
C. 
Each account referred to in any item required to be filed by subsection A of this section shall refer to the proper account number of the applicable uniform system of accounts.
D. 
In addition to any other supporting studies required by this chapter, if a proposed tariff revision includes a rate redesign, a narrative explaining the methodology used in the study must be submitted.
E. 
Where permitted under the Code, permanent rate proposals filed with an advisory commission may contain abbreviated supporting information consisting, at a minimum, of the following:
1. 
The most current financial statement from the utility requesting the rate change;
2. 
A schedule showing the comparison of year-end projections to the approved budget and/or the proposed budget for next year;
3. 
A schedule showing the amount of the proposed rate change, both in absolute dollars and as a percentage increase or decrease, applied to the most recent approved permanent tariff rates and charges for each customer or service classification.
(AR No. 89-242(S))
A. 
Special contracts filed with an advisory commission do not take effect without prior approval by the assembly and are at all times subject to revisions approved by the assembly.
B. 
Advisory commissions shall make determinations involving special contracts within 15 days of receipt.
C. 
The parties to every special contract shall be given notice and a reasonable opportunity to be heard as a condition precedent to revising a special contract.
D. 
A special contract shall not be used as a device or method to give the vendee an unreasonable preference or advantage or subject the vendee to an unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage as determined by analyzing the provisions of the contract in relation to the terms and conditions under which the utility offers a comparable service under comparable conditions to the general public.
E. 
Special contracts promoting economic development may be approved when deemed in the public interest.
(AR No. 89-242(S))