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AIDEA moves to advance Interior gas project, shed utility
By: By Elwood Brehmer Alaska Journal of Commerce Post date: Wed, 01/11/2017 - 7:00pm The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority board of directors unanimously approved a resolution to fold Fairbanks Natural Gas into the borough-owned startup [...]
State OKs gas utility merger, cautions against repeating past mistakes
Matt Buxton, mbuxton@newsminer.com Jan 11, 2017 FAIRBANKS — The state approved an agreement Wednesday to sell Fairbanks Natural Gas into local control, but it came with a warning against repeating the mistakes of the past. [...]
IGU board unanimously approves gas utility merger
Matt Buxton, mbuxton@newsminer.com FAIRBANKS — The Interior took another step toward a unified and expanded natural gas utility Tuesday night. The municipal Interior Gas Utility’s board of directors voted 6-0 to approve an agreement to [...]
Interior Gas Utility Board Meeting Tuesday To Finalize Memorandum Of Understanding With AIDEA
Submitted by Brandon Smith on Mon, 01/09/2017 - 17:58. Click Here to see Channel 13 News Clip The Interior Gas Utility Board of Directors will meet Tuesday afternoon to take action on a Memorandum of [...]
State ‘zeroing in’ on natural gas contract for Interior Energy Project
Matt Buxton, mbuxton@newsminer.com Jan 7, 2017 FAIRBANKS — The plan to unify and expand the Interior’s natural gas distribution network is coming together, but a contract to put gas in the expanded system has yet to [...]
January 5, 2017 – MOU to Purchase Pentex
IGU Board announces its intent to take action on a Memorandum of Understanding with AIDEA for the Acquisition of Pentex Alaska and the Financing and Integration of FNSB Natural Gas Utilities IGU_20170105_MOU_to_Puchase_Pentex_Release_Final
Gas utility merger sensible: Unification of local natural gas providers makes sense for energy project
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner editorial News-Miner opinion: Soon, the alphabet soup of acronyms involved in the Interior Energy Project could get a little simpler. The Interior Gas Utility is working out the final details of the [...]
AIDEA agrees to sell Pentex to Fairbanks utility
By: Elwood Brehmer Alaska Journal of Commerce Post date: Wed, 01/04/2017 - 3:34pm Pentex Alaska Natural Gas Co. is close to changing hands for the second time in less than two years in an effort to shepherd [...]