Alaska Department of Commerce, Community & Economic Development

04/25/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/25/2024 18:05

Regulatory Commission of Alaska: Notice of Pipeline Carrier Petition for Acceptance of Settlement (Oliktok) Notice of Pipeline Carrier Petition for Acceptance of SettlementThe[...]

Regulatory Commission of Alaska: Notice of Pipeline Carrier Petition for Acceptance of Settlement (Oliktok)

Notice of Pipeline Carrier Petition for Acceptance of Settlement

The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that on April 19, 2024, Oliktok Pipeline Company (Oliktok), filed a petition requesting acceptance of a settlement agreement (Petition). The settlement agreement implements a variable rate methodology that establishes, for each calendar year, maximum transportation rates applicable to the transportation of natural gas on the Oliktok Pipeline. Docket No. P-24-007 was opened to address this matter.

Oliktok is authorized under Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity No. 334 to own and operate the Oliktok Pipeline. Oliktok seeks acceptance of the settlement agreement and approval of rates established under the settlement agreement for the transportation of natural gas, effective May 1, 2024. A comparison of the current rates and proposed rates are shown in the table below:

From

To

Current Rate

Proposed Rate

Prudhoe Bay Unit

Gas Hydrates Project

$0.43/mscf

$0.472/mscf

Prudhoe Bay Unit

Kuparuk River Unit (CPF #1)

$0.75/mscf

$0.782/mscf

You may obtain information about the Petition by contacting Dean Thompson, Kemppel, Huffman and Ellis, P.C., Attorneys for Oliktok, at 255 E. Fireweed Ln., Ste. 200, Anchorage, AK 99503; phone: 907-277-1604. The complete filing is also available for inspection at the Commission's office, 701 W. 8th Ave., Ste. 300, Anchorage, AK, 99501; phone 907-276-6222, or may be viewed at the Commission's website, http://rca.alaska.gov/ by typing "P-24-007" in the Find a Matter search box.

To comment on this filing, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., May 15, 2024, at the Commission's address above or via our website at:

https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx

Please reference Docket No. P-24-007 and include a statement that you have filed a copy of the comments with Oliktok at the addresses given above. Individuals or groups of people with disabilities, who require special accommodations, auxiliary aids or service, or alternative communications formats, please contact Naomi Johnston at 907-276-6222, toll-free at 1-800-390-2782, TTY/Alaska Relay: 7-1-1 or 1-800-770-8973, or send a request by email to [email protected] by May 8, 2024.

Dated at Anchorage, Alaska, this 25th day of April, 2024.

REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA

Robert A. Doyle

Chairman