Alaska Public Utilities Commission v. Municipality of Anchorage

OPINION

Before BOOCHEVER, C. J., and RABI-NOWITZ, CONNOR, ERWIN and BURKE, JJ. BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice.

This appeal concerns the extent of the authority of the Alaska Public Utility Commission (“Commission”) to regulate and set rates of a municipally owned public utility. It arises out of the Commission’s denial of a rate increase requested by the Municipal Light & Power Department of Anchorage (“M. L. & P.”) for the purpose of generating adequate revenues to assure payment of amounts to become due under a proposed bond issue.

The Municipality of Anchorage '(“Municipality”) filed a complaint in…