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Governer Walker Signs HB 105 into law
by Katie Marquette, Office of the Governor FAIRBANKS – Governor Bill Walker signed HB 105 into law Tuesday, which will allow the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority to pursue options other than trucking liquefied [...]
Pipeline buildout buoys Interior opinion of gas project
By Elwood Brehmer, Alaska Journal of Commerce NORTH POLE — There are construction projects all over the Fairbanks North Star Borough this summer: buildings are going up; roads are being repaved; and natural gas pipe [...]
A way forward on natural gas: Passage of House Bill 105 gives state options for low-cost Interior energy
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner editorial News-Miner opinion: Gov. Bill Walker’s signing of House Bill 105 at the Carlson Center on Tuesday afternoon looked like a triumph. The governor, legislators, members of the Alaska Industrial Development and [...]
Gov. Walker signs Interior Energy Project bill into law
By Matt Buxton, mbuxton@newsminer.com FAIRBANKS—More than a dozen elected officials, state legislators and local business people joined Gov. Bill Walker on Tuesday to sign House Bill 105, a bill that breaths new life into the [...]
Gas supply sought: AIDEA issues RFI seeking affordable energy for Fairbanks and Interior
By Alan Bailey, Petroleum News The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority has issued a request for information for potential supplies of Cook Inlet natural gas for shipment to Fairbanks. The request comes as part [...]
Construction steady so far
By Elwood Brehmer, Alaska Journal of Commerce Building activity has been good, but not great, around the state as the construction season moves towards its peak. So far 2015 has mostly met projections said Associated [...]
Good step forward on gas project: AIDEA approval of Pentex purchase good for Interior energy goal
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner editorial News-Miner opinion: The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority made the right call last weekend in signing off on Gov. Bill Walker’s plan to acquire Fairbanks Natural Gas parent Pentex. Though [...]
State purchase of Fairbanks Natural Gas should shave rates
BY ELWOOD BREHMER, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Nearly six months after the idea was announced, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority board of directors approved the $52.5 million purchase of Fairbanks Natural Gas during [...]