CSHCR 13(RES): 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.
00 CS FOR HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 13(RES) 01 Expressing the legislature's support for the construction of a natural gas spur pipeline 02 between Fairbanks and the Nenana Basin and Southcentral Alaska, commending the 03 interest and initiative of the sponsors of that project, and encouraging the appropriate 04 state resource agencies to lend support to those efforts. 05 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 WHEREAS there is an estimated 35 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves on 07 Alaska's North Slope; and 08 WHEREAS there is, in addition, an estimated 10 trillion cubic feet of natural gas 09 resources in the Nenana Basin; and 10 WHEREAS natural gas demand by residents and businesses in Southcentral Alaska 11 will continue to increase; and 12 WHEREAS more than half the state's population depends on natural gas to heat their 13 homes and businesses, and more than two-thirds of the state's population residing between 14 Fairbanks and Homer depends on natural gas for power generation; and 15 WHEREAS new measures need to be taken to spur development to protect Alaskans
01 from the price volatility of lower 48 natural gas suppliers; and 02 WHEREAS now is the time to focus on responsible resource development to ensure 03 low-cost energy for future generations; 04 BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature supports the construction of a 05 natural gas spur pipeline between Fairbanks and the Nenana Basin and Southcentral Alaska; 06 and be it 07 FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature commends the principals 08 to this project initiative, notably, Doyon Limited, Andex Resources, LLC, Usibelli Energy, 09 LLC, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, and ENSTAR Natural Gas Company, who have 10 worked together, and ENSTAR has secured partial federal funding for a study of the 11 conceptual engineering, economic, environmental, in-state gas needs, and right-of-way issues 12 for a selected route and who, by pursuing funding for transportation-related gas pipeline 13 issues, are supporting construction of a Southcentral spur line project as the fastest, most 14 efficient means to this end; and be it 15 FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature strongly encourages the 16 governor to direct the commissioner of natural resources and the commissioner of revenue to 17 work with these parties to ensure that a Southcentral spur line project is developed in a timely 18 manner to deliver needed natural gas to Alaska residents and businesses.