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Insurers and environmental group urge changes to House Bill 369, criticizing utility liability and energy definition
Summary
Insurance groups APCIA and NAMIC and the Alaska Center for the Environment told the House Energy Committee they oppose key provisions of House Bill 369, saying its utility-liability language weakens accountability and that the bill's "diverse energy" definition could favor fossil fuels; the committee took no action and set the bill aside.
Cochair Representative Holland opened the House Energy Committee on March 24 and took public testimony on House Bill 369, an energy omnibus bill that includes a diversified portfolio standard for utilities and provisions on right-of-way and vegetation management.
Leanne Alexander, representing the American Property and Casualty Insurance Association, testified that APCIA "respectfully opposes House Bill 369 in its current form," focusing on sections 2 and 3 that address utility liability for fires. Alexander said the bill's language "ultimately establishes a liability framework that would significantly reduce utilities responsibility for fires that are ignited and spread by their equipment and activities," shifting "substantial financial risk on to Alaskans"…
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