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by Jomo Stewart This Wednesday, Nov. 4, representatives of the top five companies vying for the opportunity to deliver expanded supplies of natural gas to the Interior will be at the Pioneer Park Civic Center from [...]
Scrutinizing proposals: Interior Energy Project moves toward best, final offers for supplying gas to Fairbanks
by Alan Bailey, Petroleum News With a required quarterly report having gone to the state Legislature, the Interior Energy Project, an Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority project to bring affordable energy to Fairbanks and [...]
Ambler road work resumes; state closes on utility purchase
by Elwood Brehmer Gov. Bill Walker’s administration has lifted a spending freeze on the controversial Ambler Mining District road, which will allow the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority to spend the $3.6 million it [...]
State finalizes purchase of Fairbanks Natural Gas parent company
by Matt Buxton mbuxton@newsminer.com FAIRBANKS — The state of Alaska now officially owns Fairbanks Natural Gas. The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority closed on the purchase of Pentex, the parent company that owns the [...]
Meeks, Throop elected to Interior Gas Utility Board
By Matt Buxton mbuxton@newsminer.com FAIRBANKS - Voters kept one incumbent and elected one new face to the Interior Gas Utility's board of directors. Incumbent Mike Meeks, the board's current chair, was re-elected in a two-way [...]
Competitors for gas utility seat have a lot to agree on
By Matt Buxton mbuxton@newsminer.com FAIRBANKS — There’s nearly 80 years of experience in utilities, management and engineering between the two candidates for Seat B on the Interior Gas Utility Board. Incumbent Mike Meeks, the board’s [...]
AIDEA inches closer to choosing an Interior fuel supplier
By Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks | September 16, 2015 The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority will select a partner for the Interior Energy Project by the end of the year. AIDEA chose finalists [...]
State agency chooses finalists for Interior Alaska energy project
By Matt Buxton, mbuxton@newsminer.com FAIRBANKS—The field of 16 companies interested in getting natural gas to Fairbanks has been whittled to five. The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority on Wednesday announced the five companies it's [...]