State of Alaska
Fiscal Note
Bill Version: CSHB 151(ENE)
2020 Legislative Session
Fiscal Note Number: 1
(H) Publish Date: 2/26/2020
Identifier: HB151-DCCED-RCA-01-17-20 Department: Department of Commerce, Community and
Title: ELECTRIC RELIABILITY ORGANIZATIONS Economic Development
Sponsor: ENERGY Appropriation: Regulatory Commission of Alaska
Requester: (H) Energy Allocation: Regulatory Commission of Alaska
OMB Component Number: 2417
Expenditures/Revenues
Note: Amounts do not include inflation unless otherwise noted below. (Thousands of Dollars)
Included in
FY2021 Governor's
Appropriation FY2021 Out-Year Cost Estimates
Requested Request
OPERATING EXPENDITURES FY 2021 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026
Personal Services
Travel
Services
Commodities
Capital Outlay
Grants & Benefits
Miscellaneous
Total Operating 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fund Source (Operating Only)
None
Total 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Positions
Full-time
Part-time
Temporary
Change in Revenues
None
Total 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Estimated SUPPLEMENTAL (FY2020) cost: 0.0 (separate supplemental appropriation required)
Estimated CAPITAL (FY2021) cost: 0.0 (separate capital appropriation required)
Does the bill create or modify a new fund or account? No
(Supplemental/Capital/New Fund - discuss reasons and fund source(s) in analysis section)
ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS
Does the bill direct, or will the bill result in, regulation changes adopted by your agency? Yes
If yes, by what date are the regulations to be adopted, amended or repealed? 12/31/23
Why this fiscal note differs from previous version/comments:
Initial version updated for 2020.
Prepared By: Robert M. Pickett, Chairman Phone: (907)276-6222
Division: Regulatory Commission of Alaska Date: 01/09/2020 12:00 PM
Approved By: Micaela Fowler, Administrative Services Director for DCCED Date: 01/17/20
Agency: Office of Management and Budget
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FISCAL NOTE ANALYSIS
STATE OF ALASKA BILL NO. HB 151
2020 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
Analysis
HB 151 gives the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) functions pertaining to electric reliability organizations, including
the ability to form an electric reliability organization (ERO) if the RCA determines no person has applied for or is not likely
to apply for a certification of an ERO. HB 151 provides a funding mechanism for, and the composition of, the governing
board of an ERO.
HB 151 addresses how an ERO will develop and submit reliability standard to the RCA. It also provides an avenue to allow
the RCA to require a reliability standard to be developed or modified.
A certificated ERO under the proposed statute will be able to impose a penalty on a user, owner, or operator of an
interconnected bulkpower system for violation of a reliability standard.
After certification, an ERO will be required to develop and file a plan for meeting the reliability requirements of customers
within its interconnected bulkpower system in the most costeffective manner, consistent with the loadserving entities'
obligations.
HB 151 provides the RCA with limited preconstruction approval authority for large energy facilities.
The RCA currently expects to implement the provisions of this legislation with existing resources, and does not anticipate
fiscal impact from this legislation.
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Statutes affected:
HB0151A, AM HB 151, introduced 05/03/2019: 42.05.293, 42.05.291, 42.05.294, 42.05.990, 42.05.292
HB0151B, AM CSHB 151(ENE), introduced 02/26/2020: 42.05.711, 42.05.762, 42.05.780, 42.05.760, 42.05.790, 42.05.765, 42.05.291, 42.05.767, 42.05.770, 42.05.772, 42.05.775, 42.05.785