Alaska Statutes 42.08.900 – Definitions

In this chapter,

(1) “affiliated” or “affiliated interest,” with respect to an in-state natural gas pipeline carrier, means any person that

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 42.08.900

Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060

(A) is controlled or owned, in whole or in part, by the in-state natural gas pipeline carrier;

(B) is controlled or owned, in whole or in part, by an entity that controls or owns, in whole or in part, the in-state natural gas pipeline carrier; or

(C) controls or owns, in whole or in part, the in-state natural gas pipeline carrier;

(2) “commission” means the Regulatory Commission of Alaska created under Alaska Stat. § 42.04.010;

(3) “commissioner” means a member of the commission;

(4) “firm transportation service” means service by a natural gas pipeline carrier that is not subject to a prior claim by another shipper or another class of service; service constitutes “firm transportation service” if the service receives the same priority as any other class of firm transportation service;

(5) “in-state natural gas pipeline” or “in-state natural gas pipeline facility” means a natural gas pipeline that transports or will transport natural gas in the state by way of contract carriage;

(6) “in-state natural gas pipeline carrier” means the owner, including a corporation, company, or other entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any state, of an in-state natural gas pipeline or an interest in it, or a person, including a corporation, company, or other entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any state, that transports or will transport natural gas as a contract carrier;

(7) “natural gas pipeline” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 31.25.390;

(8) “precedent agreement” means a contractual commitment, including a presubscription agreement, to acquire firm transportation capacity, executed between an in-state natural gas pipeline carrier and another person, that establishes the rates, terms, and conditions for service;

(9) “record” means a report, file, book, account, paper, or application and the facts and information contained in it.

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