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Alaska Gasline Inducement Act Approved by Alaska House

Next stop - the Senate

From Reuters Yereth Rosen:

The chamber voted 24-16 in the state capital of Juneau for a bill backed by Governor Sarah Palin that would grant TransCanada a state license for a 1,700-mile (2,700 km) pipeline to bring the gas to North American markets.

Government interjecting itself into a market place has seen colossal failure after colossal failure after colossal failure," said House Majority Leader Ralph Samuels, an Anchorage Republican. "Government is ill-equipped to start picking winners in the marketplace."

From Wes Loy at Anchorage Daily News

Rep. Mike Hawker, R-Anchorage, delivered a long speech citing a litany of worries with the TransCanada deal.

"AGIA -- I'm a little bit afraid it stands for Alaska Goofs It Again," he said.


This link shows how the House voted.

Frank Murkowski's view of AGIA

Alaska's former Governor Frank Murkowski sent this open letter to the Alaska Legislators:

This link will take you to a copy of the letter posted courtesy of Andrew Halcro.

"Assess the liability" Says Frank

The Most Important Alaska Resource Decision of the Century

A final assessment of the AGIA from former Governor Wally Hickel.

"Vote No" says Wally.

The Canadian View

From DAVID PARKINSON

TRANSCANADA AWAITS THE GOVERNOR'S CALL

A new natural-gas pipeline from Alaska throws together a state hungry for revenues, a Canadian carrier hungry for volumes and producers who don't want to get left out, David Parkinson reports.

The Little Susitna view of the AGIA

Dominic S.F. Lee is the president and CEO of Little Susitna Construction Co., based in Anchorage. Lee has led Little Susitna Construction, an engineering and construction company, for the past 28 years. Little Susitna was one of the rejected AGIA (Alaska Gasline Inducement Act) bidders.

Here's a link to his opinion of the AGIA. He points out how the AGIA will put Canadians in the driver's seat for development of Alaska's Natural Gas.

Former Governors Warn Against Pipeline & More

Former Governors Warn Against Pipeline

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Producers list concerns over TransCanada line