05/03/2007 03:00 PM House OIL & GAS

HJR 13-NATURAL GAS FOR STATE RESIDENTS                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
3:03:33 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KOHRING  announced that the  first order of  business would                                                               
be HOUSE  JOINT RESOLUTION NO.  13, Urging the  attorney general,                                                               
the producers  of natural gas in  the Cook Inlet region,  and the                                                               
Regulatory Commission of  Alaska to work to  secure long-term and                                                               
affordable supplies of natural gas  for the people and businesses                                                               
of the state.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
3:04:09 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE BERTA  GARDNER, Alaska State  Legislature, sponsor                                                               
of HJR  13, explained a  change made  to that legislation  by the                                                               
senate.   Representative  Gardner said  that the  resolution will                                                               
now be  addressed to the  U. S.  Department of Energy,  Office of                                                               
Fossil Energy,  and not the  attorney general and  the Regulatory                                                               
Commission  of Alaska  (RCA).   This change  will be  made by  an                                                               
amendment offered  at a later  time.  She informed  the committee                                                               
that she asked the Department  of Natural Resources (DNR) whether                                                               
she should continue with the  passage of the resolution since the                                                               
attorney  general   has  intervened  in  the   license  extension                                                               
proceedings.  Mr.  Kevin Banks, Acting Director,  Division of Oil                                                               
and Gas, DNR, advised Representative Gardner to continue.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:05:36 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  OLSON  observed  that the  resolution  was  filed                                                               
after the Department of Energy of closed testimony.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   GARDNER  replied   that  the   Senate  companion                                                               
resolution was filed prior to the closure of testimony.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
3:06:23 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE DOOGAN  moved to  report HJR  13 out  of committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  fiscal                                                               
notes.  There being no objection,  HJR 13 was reported out of the                                                               
House Special Committee on Oil and Gas.