Alaska Federation for Community Self-Reliance v. Alaska Public Utilities Commission

OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

The Alaska Public Utilities Commission (APUC) issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the Healy Clean Coal Project (HCCP), a coal-fired power plant in Healy, Alaska. The Alaska Federation for Community Self-Reliance, Trustees for Alaska, Northern Alaska Environmental Center and Dave Lacey (collectively, “the Federation”) challenge APUC’s decision. The Federation asserts that APUC failed to consider all factors bearing on the public interest, including the environmental “impacts” or “costs” and the costs of the federal and state subsidies allocated…