00                    HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1                                                                    
01 Relating to establishing a Task Force on a Statewide Comprehensive Energy Plan.                                         
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03       WHEREAS the people of Alaska deserve access to reliable, affordable energy; and                                 
04       WHEREAS the cost and availability of energy affects economic development and                                    
05 public health and safety;                                                                                               
06       BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that the Task Force on a                                         
07 Statewide Comprehensive Energy Plan is established                                                                      
08            (1)  to study the current state of energy resources in the state, including                                  
09 development, generation, transmission, and delivery of reliable, affordable energy; to examine                          
10 the roles of the federal, state, municipal, and tribal governments in providing reliable,                               
11 affordable energy; and to determine whether changes ought to be made in the roles of the                                
12 federal, state, municipal, and tribal governments;                                                                      
13            (2)  to recommend any legislation needed to accomplish the changes the task                                  
14 force determines necessary; and                                                                                         
15            (3)  to prepare a statewide comprehensive energy plan addressing short-term                                  
16 and long-term energy needs and goals for the state; and be it                                                           
01       FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall be composed of 13 members,                                           
02 appointed as follows:                                                                                                   
03            (1)  two members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate; one of                              
04 these members shall be a member of the majority caucus and one shall be a member of the                                 
05 minority caucus;                                                                                                        
06            (2)  two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of                                 
07 the house of representatives; one of these members shall be a member of the majority caucus                             
08 and one shall be a member of the minority caucus;                                                                       
09            (3)  one member appointed by the Alaska Municipal League;                                                    
10            (4)  one member appointed by the Alaska Federation of Natives;                                               
11            (5)  one member appointed by the Alaska Rural Electric Cooperative                                           
12 Association;                                                                                                            
13            (6)  one member appointed by the Alaska Oil and Gas Association;                                             
14            (7)  one member appointed by the executive director of the Alaska Science and                                
15 Technology Foundation;                                                                                                  
16            (8)  one member appointed by the president of the University of Alaska;                                      
17            (9)  one member appointed by the Alaska Trucking Association;                                                
18            (10)  one member appointed by the Alaska State AFL-CIO;                                                      
19            (11)  one member appointed by the chair of the Regulatory Commission of                                      
20 Alaska; and be it                                                                                                       
21       FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force may not pay for or reimburse task force                                    
22 members for travel expenses or per diem; and be it                                                                      
23       FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall report its findings and                                              
24 recommendations and present the statewide comprehensive energy plan to the governor, the                                
25 speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate no later than                                  
26 January 19, 2002; and be it                                                                                             
27       FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force                                                                            
28            (1)  may begin work immediately upon the appointment of its full membership                                  
29 or by June 15, 2001, whichever date is earlier;                                                                         
30            (2)  may conduct its work during the legislative session and in the interim                                  
31 between legislative sessions;                                                                                           
01            (3)  may use the teleconference network, meet by teleconference, and hold                                    
02 public hearings; and                                                                                                    
03            (4)  is terminated at 11:59 p.m. on March 1, 2002.