Amerada Hess Pipeline Corp. v. Alaska Public Utilities Commission

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

The Alaska Public Utilities Commission (“APUC”) allocated nearly two million dollars in costs and attorney’s fees incurred in the first six years of its Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (“TAPS”) tariff investigation to the eight owners of the pipeline. 1 The superior court affirmed the award. We reverse and remand on the ground that the APUC had no authority to allocate costs incurred solely for work on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) TAPS proceeding. We affirm the APUC’s resolution of all other issues.

I. BACKGROUND

The Alaska Pipeline Act (Act), AS 42.06,…