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SB 220                                                                                                                        
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 220(FIN) by the Senate Finance                                                                           
Committee, entitled:                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
    "An Act relating to energy efficiency, energy conservation, and                                                             
    alternative energy, to an emerging energy technology fund, to the                                                           
    lease of state land to a public electric utility, to the Alaska heating                                                     
    assistance program, to state energy use data, to the Southeast                                                              
    energy fund, to nuclear energy production and facilities, to the                                                            
    definition of 'power project' or 'project' as it relates to rural and                                                       
    statewide energy programs and the Alaska Energy Authority, and                                                              

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    to the definition of 'alternative energy system'; establishing an                                                           
    Alaska energy efficiency revolving loan fund; directing the                                                                 
    Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to prepare a                                                             
    report on the feasibility of using compressed natural gas to power                                                          
    vehicles in the state, including vehicles owned or operated by the                                                          
    state, and including in that study, if warranted, a pilot program                                                           
    proposal for powering some vehicles owned or operated by the                                                                
    state with compressed natural gas; authorizing and relating to the                                                          
    issuance of bonds by the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation;                                                                
    relating to a report regarding a municipal energy improvements                                                              
    financing program and to an energy report by the Office of the                                                              
    Governor; and providing for an effective date."                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the House Special Committee on                                                          
Energy and the Finance Committee.