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Home Practice Areas Alaska Overview Public Utility and Regulatory Law

Public Utility and Regulatory Law

BHBC attorneys have represented publicly and privately owned utilities in regulatory proceedings before the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) and its predecessor, the Alaska Public Utilities Commission, for 25 years. These proceedings have involved telephone, water, sewer, electric, gas and refuse utilities, and include:

• Ratemaking, rate design and tariffs
• Cost of service studies
• Certifications
• Rulemaking
• Special contracts
• Complaint cases
• Revenue requirement studies
• Issues related to the need for deregulation in the face of competition
• Negotiation and enforcement of interconnection agreements, including arbitrations arising from those agreements

BHBC also maintains separate practices in its Anchorage and Washington offices specializing in telecommunications law. Our attorneys can handle transfers of control of certificated carriers, assignments of certificates and other instruments of authorization, name changes, universal service contributions and annual reporting, and other filing requirements imposed by state telecommunications regulators. We have particular expertise with the RCA’s statutes, regulations and precedent.

Attorneys

• Tina M. Grovier
• Thomas F. Klinkner
• Jennifer L. Owens, Ph.D.
• Elisabeth H. Ross