00                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 10                                                                     
01 Supporting development of the road belt electrical transmission line; and urging                                        
02 members of the Alaska delegation in Congress to pursue the development of this high-                                    
03 voltage electrical line in the interior of the state.                                                                   
04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05 WHEREAS development of the road belt electrical transmission line would create a                                      
06 high-voltage electrical line running from Sutton to Glennallen, where a sub-transmission line                           
07 would extend to Gakona and on to Tok and north through the upper Tanana region to Delta                                 
08 Junction, and the final leg of the project would run from near Delta Junction, just south of                            
09 Fort Greely, back to Gakona; and                                                                                      
10       WHEREAS development of the road belt electrical transmission line would support                                 
11 infrastructure for energy, national security, economic expansion, and natural resource                                  
12 development in the state; and                                                                                           
13       WHEREAS the Trans Alaska Pipeline System would benefit by using the low-cost                                    
14 energy provided by the road belt electrical transmission line in the operation of the pipeline                          
15 and protection of its off-grid pump stations; and                                                                       
01       WHEREAS a high-voltage electrical line would complete an electrical transmission                                
02 bus loop and establish a second secure path for power transmission from Anchorage to                                    
03 Fairbanks; and                                                                                                          
04       WHEREAS an electrical transmission bus loop is needed during a natural disaster,                                
05 such as an earthquake; and                                                                                              
06       WHEREAS there are 17 small communities in the state that rely on diesel power or                                
07 other expensive alternatives; and                                                                                       
08       WHEREAS development of the road belt electrical transmission line would support                                 
09 military installations in the state, including Black Rapids Training Site, Donnelly Training                            
10 Area, Fort Greely, Eielson Air Force Base, and Clear Air Force Station, by providing access                             
11 to low-cost, reliable, redundant, and renewable energy for the defense of the state and the                             
12 United States; and                                                                                                      
13 WHEREAS development of the road belt electrical transmission line would boost                                         
14 economic growth and support the initiation, growth, expansion, and retention of small                                   
15 businesses in the region by providing low-cost, reliable energy; and                                                    
16 WHEREAS there is widespread support for the development of the road belt                                              
17 electrical transmission line;                                                                                           
18 BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature supports the development of the                                      
19 road belt electrical transmission line; and be it                                                                       
20 FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature urges the members of the                                           
21 Alaska delegation in Congress to pursue the development of the road belt electrical                                     
22 transmission line, a high-voltage electrical line in the interior of the state for the purpose of                       
23 supporting defensive capabilities, critical military infrastructure, and the Alyeska Pipeline.                        
24 COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Donald J. Trump, President                                   
25 of the United States; the Honorable Chuck Grassley, President pro tempore of the U.S.                                   
26 Senate; the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; the                                   
27 Honorable Patrick M. Shanahan, Acting United States Secretary of Defense; the Honorable                                 
28 David Bernhardt, Acting United States Secretary of the Interior; the Honorable Rick Perry,                              
29 United States Secretary of Energy; and the Honorable Lisa Murkowski and the Honorable                                   
30 Dan Sullivan, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of                               
31 the Alaska delegation in Congress.