REGULATORY COM'N OF ALASKA v. TESORO ALASKA CO.

Nos. S-12352, S-12391.

178 P.3d 1159 (2008)

REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA, State of Alaska, and Indicated Taps Carriers, Petitioners/Cross-Respondents, v. TESORO ALASKA COMPANY and Williams Alaska Petroleum, Inc., Respondents/Cross-Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 21, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Cole, Law Offices of Charles E. Cole, Fairbanks, Stephan H. Williams, Law Offices of Stephan H. Williams, Anchorage, for Petitioner/Cross-Respondent Regulatory Commission of Alaska.

Ethan Falatko, Assistant Attorney General, Talis J. Colberg, Attorney General, Juneau, for Petitioner/Cross-Respondent State of Alaska.

Louis R. Veerman, Pamela D. Weiss, Molly C. Brown, Guess & Rudd, P.C., Anchorage, Albert S. Tabor, Jr., John E. Kennedy, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Houston, Texas, for Petitioner/Cross-Respondent BP Pipelines (Alaska) Inc., ConocoPhillips Transportation Alaska, Inc., ExxonMobil Pipeline Company, and Unocal Pipeline Company.

Robin O. Brena, David W. Wensel, Brena, Bell & Clarkson, P.C., Anchorage, for Respondent/Cross-Petitioner Tesoro Alaska Company.

Randolph L. Jones, Jr., Conner & Winters, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Respondent/Cross-Petitioner Williams Alaska Petroleum, Inc.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, and CARPENETI, Justices.


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

In 2003 Tesoro Alaska Company and Williams Alaska Petroleum, Inc., protested the 1986-1996 rates charged by the owners of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. The Regulatory Commission of Alaska denied their protest as untimely. Tesoro and Williams appealed to the superior court, which remanded the case for further proceedings. This court granted a petition for review. We reverse the order...

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