00                   HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 35                                                                   
01 Continuing the Alaska Energy Policy Task Force.                                                                         
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03       WHEREAS Legislative Resolve 24, approved by the First Session of the Twenty-                                    
04 Third Alaska Legislature, declared that an adequate, reliable, reasonably priced, and safe                              
05 supply of electric energy is a basic necessity; that infrastructure elements are dependent on an                        
06 adequate, reliable, reasonably priced, and safe supply of energy; and that meaningful                                   
07 economic development and technological advancement cannot occur in Alaska without an                                    
08 adequate, reliable, safe, and reasonably priced energy supply; and                                                      
09       WHEREAS that Resolve affirmed the need to consider how electricity is generated,                                
10 transmitted, and distributed in Alaska in order to meet the state's existing and future electrical                      
11 needs in the safest and most efficient manner; and                                                                      
12       WHEREAS that Resolve established the Alaska Energy Policy Task Force and                                        
13 charged that body to review and analyze the state's current and long-term energy needs,                                 
14 giving specific direction to consideration of Railbelt area current and long-term electrical                            
15 needs and the development of a long-term energy plan for Alaska that will efficiently enhance                           
16 the state's economic future; and                                                                                        

01       WHEREAS the Alaska Energy Policy Task Force established in that Resolve is                                      
02 scheduled to terminate on April 15, 2004;                                                                               
03       BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska Energy Task Force established in Legislative                                     
04 Resolve 24 is continued under the provisions of that Resolve; and be it                                                 
05       FURTHER RESOLVED that, in addition to the report of its findings regarding a                                    
06 Railbelt energy plan that was submitted to the legislature in December 31, 2003, and the                                
07 report required to be submitted to the legislature regarding energy plans for areas of the state                        
08 other than the Railbelt by March 31, 2004, the task force shall submit a final comprehensive                            
09 report of its findings regarding both a Railbelt energy plan and one or more energy plans for                           
10 areas of the state other than the Railbelt to the legislature by January 31, 2005, and may make                         
11 any interim reports it considers advisable; and be it                                                                   
12       FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force is terminated at 11:59 p.m. on March 1,                                    
13 2005.