00                   HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 17                                                                   
01 Expressing the legislature's support for sale of a portion of Alaska's North Slope natural                              
02 gas for electrical generation to power data centers within the North Slope Borough.                                     
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04       WHEREAS the State of Alaska has vast proven reserves of natural gas located on the                              
05 North Slope within the North Slope Borough; and                                                                         
06       WHEREAS the need for electricity in the United States is increasing due in part to the                          
07 demands of the Internet; and                                                                                            
08       WHEREAS Netricity, L.L.C., an Alaska limited liability company, is seeking to                                   
09 purchase natural gas from the State in order to use that natural gas to generate electricity in                         
10 the North Slope Borough to power nearby data centers that would service the demands of the                              
11 Internet; and                                                                                                           
12       WHEREAS the establishment of data centers in the North Slope Borough would                                      
13 create jobs for construction of modules in Anchorage and Nikiski; and                                                   
14       WHEREAS the operation of a power plant and data centers in the North Slope                                      
15 Borough would bring economic and social benefit to the State; and                                                       
16       WHEREAS the establishment of data centers within the North Slope Borough would                                  

01 provide substantial added value to Alaska's natural gas resources;                                                      
02       BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature supports the sale of a portion of                              
03 Alaska's North Slope natural gas to allow for electrical generation within the North Slope                              
04 Borough to power data centers located proximately to an electrical generation facility in that                          
05 borough.