Section 3 AAC 46.040 - Petition to find an electric reliability organization should be established(a) A petition under AS 42.05.760(f) for an interconnected electric energy transmission network that is not an interconnected bulk-electric system must include (1) verification, signed by a person authorized to sign on behalf of the petitioner, that the load-serving entity filing the petition is interconnected with the interconnected electric energy transmission network and that the governing body of the load-serving entity has approved the petition, and include a copy of all written public comments received; and(2) an application conforming with the requirements of 3 AAC 46.090 as an informational filing.(b) The commission may reject a petition filed under this section if the petition does not comply with the requirements of this chapter and 3 AAC 48.020 - 3 AAC 48.100.(c) The commission will grant or deny a petition filed under this section based upon a determination of whether granting the petition is in the public interest. The commission will base its determination on(1) the long- and short-term costs that the public and ratepayers would incur and the long- and short-term benefits achieved to the public and ratepayers if the commission granted the petition; and(2) whether the applicant to be an electric reliability organization appears capable of fulfilling the duties and obligations set out in AS 42.05.762.(d) If it grants a petition filed under AS 42.05.762(f), the commission will simultaneously accept the informational application attached to the petition for consideration under 3 AAC 46.060 or 3 AAC 46.070. The commission will docket and consider the application separately under the procedures set out in 3 AAC 48.645.(e) 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 42.05.760(f).Eff. 3/11/2022, Register 241, April 2022 Authority:AS 42.05.141
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