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HJR 52: Urging the Municipality of Anchorage to expedite a project to convert methane gas from the Anchorage Regional Landfill to an energy source for Anchorage.

00 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 52 01 Urging the Municipality of Anchorage to expedite a project to convert methane gas from 02 the Anchorage Regional Landfill to an energy source for Anchorage. 03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 WHEREAS, for three years, the Anchorage Regional Landfill has been flaring 05 methane gas in an amount that could be converted to 2.5 - 3 megawatts of electricity, which is 06 enough energy, to power 2,200 homes in the area; and 07 WHEREAS the flaring of methane gas is a waste of energy; and 08 WHEREAS, in 2008, the Alaska State Legislature created the renewable energy grant 09 fund to be administered by the Alaska Energy Authority; and 10 WHEREAS the Alaska Energy Authority recognized the critical importance of 11 converting the methane gas being flared at the Anchorage Regional Landfill into a usable 12 source of energy and awarded a grant of $2,000,000 to be used for that purpose; and 13 WHEREAS the sources of energy in Anchorage are in question in the next few years, 14 resulting in increasing concern about the availability of energy by consumers in that area; and 15 WHEREAS Anchorage residents are being warned of future energy emergencies; and 16 WHEREAS the need for a reliable, affordable, and renewable source of energy for

01 Anchorage increases daily; and 02 WHEREAS the large volume of methane gas at the Anchorage Regional Landfill that 03 is dispersed into the atmosphere should be converted to residential energy as soon as possible; 04 and 05 WHEREAS a project to convert methane gas from the Anchorage Regional Landfill 06 to energy could serve as a model for the state; 07 BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature urges the Municipality of 08 Anchorage to expedite a project to convert methane gas from the Anchorage Regional 09 Landfill to useable energy; and be it 10 FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature encourages accelerated 11 governmental cooperation among affected agencies to assist in the conversion of methane gas 12 from the Anchorage Regional Landfill to usable energy. 13 A COPY of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Daniel Sullivan, Mayor of 14 the Municipality of Anchorage.