Alaska Stat. § 42.08.900

Current through Chapter 61 of the 2024 Legislative Session and 2024 Executive Orders 125, 133 through 135

Section 42.08.900 - Definitions

In this chapter,

(1) "affiliated" or "affiliated interest," with respect to an in-state natural gas pipeline carrier, means any person that

(A) is controlled or owned, in whole or in part, by the in-state natural gas pipeline carrier;

(B) is controlled or owned, in whole or in part, by an entity that controls or owns, in whole or in part, the in-state natural gas pipeline carrier; or

(C) controls or owns, in whole or in part, the in-state natural gas pipeline carrier;

(2) "commission" means the Regulatory Commission of Alaska created under AS 42.04.010;

(3) "commissioner" means a member of the commission;

(4) "firm transportation service" means service by a natural gas pipeline carrier that is not subject to a prior claim by another shipper or another class of service; service constitutes "firm transportation service" if the service receives the same priority as any other class of firm transportation service;

(5) "in-state natural gas pipeline" or "in-state natural gas pipeline facility" means a natural gas pipeline that transports or will transport natural gas in the state by way of contract carriage;

(6) "in-state natural gas pipeline carrier" means the owner, including a corporation, company, or other entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any state, of an in-state natural gas pipeline or an interest in it, or a person, including a corporation, company, or other entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any state, that transports or will transport natural gas as a contract carrier;

(7) "natural gas pipeline" has the meaning given in AS 31.25.390;

(8) "precedent agreement" means a contractual commitment, including a presubscription agreement, to acquire firm transportation capacity, executed between an in-state natural gas pipeline carrier and another person, that establishes the rates, terms, and conditions for service;

(9) "record" means a report, file, book, account, paper, or application and the facts and information contained in it.

AS 42.08.900

Added by SLA 2013, ch. 11,sec. 21, eff. 5/21/2013.