Notice of Utility Tariff Filing
The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA (Commission) gives notice that ENSTAR Natural Gas Company (ENSTAR) filed TA320-4, its annual revision to fees and allowances for installing new service connections, meters, and main line extensions. The new fees and allowances will be effective for calendar year 2021. ENSTAR also proposes placing a 10 percent increase limitation over the previous approved Service Line Installation Fee.
Service Line Installation Fee
ENSTAR proposes to increase its Service Line Installation Fee for piping less than two inches from $745 per service line to $764 per service line.
Meter Installation Charges
The current and proposed rates are as follows:
| Meter Size | Current | Proposed |
| G1 | $276 | $277 |
| G2 | $459 | $476 |
| G3 Low | $1,189 | $1,242 |
| G3 Mid | $2,231 | $2,115 |
| G3 High | $4,140 | $3,943 |
| G4 Low | $5,277 | $5,404 |
| G4 High | $5,575 | $6,079 |
| Meter sized greater than 5,000 | Cost* | Cost* |
| *Cost includes materials, installations, and overheads |
Standard Construction Cost
ENSTAR proposes to increase its Standard Construction Cost for the installed price of two-inch plastic main from $23.52 per foot to $25.87 per foot.
Standard Load Allowances
ENSTAR proposes revisions to the Average Load per Customer for the year 2021 to reflect a nine-year average. ENSTAR states that data to compute a ten-year average is not available as Order U-09-069(10) approved ENSTAR’s restructuring of rate classes. ENSTAR states that it will continue adding historical data into the average load calculation until a ten-year average is achieved. The ten-year average will comply with the methodology that was used to calculate average loads in filings prior to the U-09-069 restructuring of rate classes. The current and proposed Standard Load Allowances are shown below.
| | Embedded Cost per Customer | Average Load per Customer | Standard Load Allowance per Mcf of Estimated Load |
| Customer Class | Current | Proposed | Current | Proposed | Current | Proposed |
| G1 | $680 | $676 | 145 | 143 | $4.70 | $4.74 |
| G2 | $1,734 | $1,709 | 376 | 371 | $4.61 | $4.60 |
| G3 | $5,378 | $5,366 | 1,181 | 1,169 | $4.55 | $4.59 |
| G4 | $33,582 | $32,655 | 7,437 | 7,370 | $4.52 | $4.43 |
This notice does not contain all requested revisions and the Commission may approve a rate or classification which varies from that proposed. You may obtain more information about this filing by contacting Chelsea Guintu, Supervisor of Rates and Regulatory Affairs for ENSTAR, at P. O. Box 190288, Anchorage, AK 99519-0288; phone: (907) 277-5551. The complete filing is also available for inspection at the Commission's office at 701 West Eighth Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, AK 99501; phone: (907) 276-6222, or may be viewed at the Commission’s website at http://rca.alaska.gov by typing TA320-4 in the Find a Matter search box.
To comment on this filing, please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., November 4, 2020, at the Commission address given above or via our website at:
https://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx
Please reference TA320-4 and include a statement that you have filed a copy of the comments with ENSTAR at its address given above. Individuals or groups of people with disabilities, who require special accommodations, auxiliary aids or service, or alternative communication formats, please contact Valerie Fletcher-Mitchell at (907) 276-6222, toll-free at 1-800-390-2782, or TTY/Alaska Relay: 7-1-1 or 1-800-770-8937, or send a request via electronic mail to rca.mail@alaska.gov by October 28, 2020.
DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 5th day of October, 2020.
REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA
Becki Alvey
Tariff Section Manager