Blog: Capital Focus
Reporter Stefan Milkowski is in Juneau covering the 2008 Alaska Legislature
Cards on the table
Published June 30, 2008, 3:58 p.m.
Want to know more about the Denali gas line plan? So do some Anchorage lawmakers. 2 comments
In-state gas
Published June 26, 2008, 1:53 p.m.
One of the side-stories to Wednesday’s Judiciary committee was the suggestion that the state’s reduced production tax rate for in-state gas is illegal. Losing it could make “cheap gas” even less likely, so here’s a closer look. Read more and add a comment
Hickel and NPV
Published June 18, 2008, 12:18 p.m.
Bit of a surprise this morning with the arrival of former Gov. Wally Hickel. He wasn’t on the schedule, but was given a chance to make his case. His case? Forget TransCanada. 1 comment
Point Thomson
Published June 17, 2008, 10:14 a.m.
Today’s talk in Anchorage is all about Point Thomson, the big North Slope unit that holds a bunch of oil and natural gas. Read more and add a comment
Hearings at HoJo’s and Denali prefiling
Published June 16, 2008, 12:13 p.m.
Lawmakers are in Anchorage this morning to study the TransCanada proposal. We’re all at a conference room in the downtown Howard Johnson’s, which isn’t bad but isn’t the most glamorous either. The floor shakes whenever anyone walks through. 1 comment
Cheap gas, part 2
Published June 13, 2008, 3:12 p.m.
A few days ago, I questioned whether Fairbanks would ever see “cheap gas.” Here’s an update. 1 comment
Gas line briefings
Published June 13, 2008, 12:47 p.m.
Gov. Palin is restarting her weekly gas line briefings and will continue them through the rest of the special session on TransCanada’s proposal. Read more and add a comment
Vice President Palin?
Published June 13, 2008, 11:42 a.m.
Is Gov. Palin trying to get herself on the national ticket with Republican candidate John McCain? No, but others sure are. Read more and add a comment
Not just NPV and BCF
Published June 12, 2008, 4:40 p.m.
Rep. Sharon Cissna is hosting a discussion tomorrow in Fairbanks about some of the other hurdles of building the natural gas pipeline, specifically, the social, health and economic impacts of it. 1 comment
AGPA takes new tack
Published June 12, 2008, 4:11 p.m.
The port authority’s project manager, Bill Walker, just spent the morning in Fairbanks talking up the “all-Alaska” project before state lawmakers. It wasn’t clear if he was protesting the administration’s analysis of LNG, trying to pull down TransCanada’s application, or something else. Read more and add a comment