Enrolled HCR 13: Expressing the legislature's support for the construction of a natural gas spur pipeline between Fairbanks and the Nenana Basin and Southcentral Alaska, commending the interest and initiative of the sponsors of that project, and encouraging the appropriate state resource agencies to lend support to those efforts.
00Enrolled HCR 13 01 Expressing the legislature's support for the construction of a natural gas spur pipeline between 02 Fairbanks and the Nenana Basin and Southcentral Alaska, commending the interest and 03 initiative of the sponsors of that project, and encouraging the appropriate state resource 04 agencies to lend support to those efforts. 05 _______________ 06 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 07 WHEREAS there is an estimated 35 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves on 08 Alaska's North Slope; and 09 WHEREAS there is, in addition, an estimated 10 trillion cubic feet of natural gas 10 resources in the Nenana Basin; and 11 WHEREAS natural gas demand by residents and businesses in Southcentral Alaska 12 will continue to increase; and 13 WHEREAS more than half the state's population depends on natural gas to heat their 14 homes and businesses, and more than two-thirds of the state's population residing between 15 Fairbanks and Homer depends on natural gas for power generation; and 16 WHEREAS new measures need to be taken to spur development to protect Alaskans 17 from the price volatility of lower 48 natural gas suppliers; and
01 WHEREAS now is the time to focus on responsible resource development to ensure 02 low-cost energy for future generations; 03 BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature supports the construction of a 04 natural gas spur pipeline between Fairbanks and the Nenana Basin and Southcentral Alaska; 05 and be it 06 FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature commends the principals 07 to this project initiative, notably, Doyon Limited, Andex Resources, LLC, Usibelli Energy, 08 LLC, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, and ENSTAR Natural Gas Company, who have 09 worked together--and ENSTAR has secured partial federal funding for a study of the 10 conceptual engineering, economic, environmental, in-state gas needs, and right-of-way issues 11 for a selected route--and who, by pursuing funding for transportation-related gas pipeline 12 issues, are supporting construction of a Southcentral spur line project as the fastest, most 13 efficient means to this end; and be it 14 FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature strongly encourages the 15 governor to direct the commissioner of natural resources and the commissioner of revenue to 16 work with these parties to ensure that a Southcentral spur line project is developed in a timely 17 manner to deliver needed natural gas to Alaska residents and businesses.