Alaska Village Electric Cooperative

How to Transfer or Stop Services

For connecting, disconnecting or transferring an existing service, call AVEC Member Services at 1-800-478-1818.

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How to Start New Service

To establish new electrical service in your home or office, we need a few details to get started. Click on this link to view New Service Request Procedures or follow the steps below:

1. Call, email, or click on these links to get your Residential or Commercial Service Request Forms.
   Click on these links to get directions to fill out your Residential Directions or Commercial Directions service request forms.
2. Make any necessary changes to your structure so that it complies with AVEC standards as outlined in your Entrance Inspection Form (included in your Service Request paperwork or available to download under the Standard Service Offerings Section).
3. Send or email all your completed forms to: Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, Inc. 4831 Eagle St. Anchorage Alaska 99503
4. After AVEC receives your completed forms, we’ll create a work order and our Engineering Department will begin designing the new service.
5. After the design is completed, you will be notified of any CIA (Contribution in Aid) cost that may be due. (This cost usually applies only to commercial customers with large electrical demands or other customers located far outside a village.)
6. When you are ready for the new service to be connected (and you’ve paid any CIA that may be applicable), notify the Operations Department by calling 1-800-478-1818. Please be sure your paperwork has been submitted and you have no delinquent accounts with AVEC before calling.
7. Following this notification, a lineman will be sent to your village to make the connection within 90 days.

Important: To make the connection, your service area must comply with AVEC standards as outlined in your Entrance Inspection Form (part of the initial Service Request paperwork). If it does not, the connection cannot be made.

For additional information, please contact the AVEC Operations Department:

• 1-800-478-1818
• 1-800-959-0324 (fax)
• Email link - TBD

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Billing and Payment Options

Bills are mailed around the 20th of each month and you can pay by mail, phone or automatic draft.

By Mail: Simply send your check or money order though the mail.

By Phone: Use your credit card or debit card over the phone by calling AVEC Member Services at 1-800-478-1818.

Automatic Payments: This is the easiest option off all! Just call us once and we’ll set up an automatic payment plan. Your credit card will be billed monthly (and you’ll still receive statements in the mail).

Call Member Services at 1-800-478-1818 to enroll.

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Understanding Your Bill

Your bill is calculated using your total kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity consumed multiplied by a specific rate. This rate varies by the amount of electricity consumed, the cost of fuel for your village, and (for residential customers) the allowable Power Cost Equalization (PCE) adjustment approved for your village. Here are the basic equations:

Residential Customers

• For 1-500 kWh consumed:
  Rate = ( .32 + Cost of Fuel) - (PCE Adjustment)
• For 501-700 kWh consumed:
  Rate = (.32 + Cost of Fuel)
• Over 700 kWh consumed:
  Rate = (.22 + Cost of Fuel)

To look up the rate for your village (as well as specific fuels costs and PCE rates), see the Table of Residential Rates.

PCE funding is governed by Alaska State Statute (42.45.110), and rates are approved by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska.

Small Commercial Customers:

• For 1-700 kWh consumed: Rate = ( .32 + Cost of Fuel)
• Over 700 kWh consumed: Rate = (.22 + Cost of Fuel)

To look up the rate for your village (as well as specific fuels costs), click on Table of Small Commercial Rates.

Community Facilities

Contact your AVEC representative for rate information.

Other Fees: Some villages assess city sales tax to electrical usage. If a service is billed on a demand meter there will be a demand charge assessed (charge derived by the highest draw from the generator during a 15 minute interval throughout the month). If your charges are 60 days past due a late fee will be added to the total until the balance due is no longer delinquent.

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Rates

• Table of Residential Rates
• Table of Small Commercial Rates

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