ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                   
              SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ENERGY                                                                              
                         April 6, 2009                                                                                          
                           5:36 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Lesil McGuire, Chair                                                                                                    
Senator Bert Stedman                                                                                                            
Senator Bill Wielechowski                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Lyman Hoffman                                                                                                           
Senator Albert Kookesh                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SENATE BILL NO. 143                                                                                                             
"An   Act   establishing  the   Greater   Railbelt  Energy   and                                                                
Transmission  Corporation  and  relating   to  the  corporation;                                                                
relating   to   transition,   financial  plan,   and   reporting                                                                
requirements  regarding   planning  for  the   initial  business                                                                
operations  of  the  Greater  Railbelt Energy  and  Transmission                                                                
Corporation; relating to  a report on  legislation regarding the                                                                
Regulatory Commission of Alaska and  the Greater Railbelt Energy                                                                
and  Transmission  Corporation; authorizing  the  Alaska  Energy                                                                
Authority to  convey the Bradley Lake  Hydroelectric Project and                                                                
the  Alaska   Intertie  to  the  Greater   Railbelt  Energy  and                                                                
Transmission Corporation; and providing for an effective date."                                                                 
     SCHEDULED BUT NOT HEARD                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 7                                                                                                   
Opposing a United  Nations designation of the Arctic  Ocean as a                                                                
World Heritage Site.                                                                                                            
     SCHEDULED BUT NOT HEARD                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
BILL: SB 143                                                                                                                  
SHORT TITLE: RAILBELT ENERGY & TRANSMISSION CORP.                                                                               
SPONSOR(s): RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
03/09/09       (S)       READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                        
03/09/09       (S)       ENE, RES, FIN                                                                                          
03/19/09       (S)       ENE AT 11:00 AM BUTROVICH 205                                                                          
03/19/09       (S)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
03/19/09       (S)       MINUTE(ENE)                                                                                            
04/06/09       (S)       ENE AT 5:00 PM BUTROVICH 205                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
BILL: SJR  7                                                                                                                  
SHORT TITLE: OPPOSE UN DESIGNATION OF ARCTIC OCEAN                                                                              
SPONSOR(s): SENATOR(s) THERRIAULT                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
02/19/09       (S)       READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                        
02/19/09       (S)       ENE, RES                                                                                               
04/06/09       (S)       ENE AT 5:00 PM BUTROVICH 205                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
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ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
5:36:27 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR LESIL MCGUIRE called the Senate Special Committee on                                                                    
Energy meeting to order at 5:37 p.m. present at the call to                                                                     
order were Senators, Stedman, Wielechowski and McGuire.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
5:36:45 PM                                                                                                                    
CO-CHAIR MCGUIRE announced an at ease.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
5:36:56 PM                                                                                                                    
CO-CHAIR MCGUIRE called the meeting back to order and recessed                                                                  
the meeting to the call of the chair. [The meeting was not                                                                      
called back to order.]