05/13/2022 03:30 PM Senate RESOURCES

           SJR 11-SUPPORTING ROAD BELT ELECTRICAL LINE                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
3:50:53 PM                                                                                                                    
VICE CHAIR  MICCICHE announced the consideration  of SENATE JOINT                                                               
RESOLUTION  NO.  11  Supporting  development  of  the  road  belt                                                               
electrical transmission  line; and  urging members  of the Alaska                                                               
delegation in  Congress to pursue  the development  of this high-                                                               
voltage electrical line in the interior of the state.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
[SJR 11 was previously heard on 1/24/2022.]                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
VICE CHAIR  MICCICHE made  opening remarks.  He related  that one                                                               
concern was that SJR 11  had the potential to draw attention away                                                               
from other  projects in the  state. While this  concern is valid,                                                               
there   is  a   security  need   to  have   redundant  electrical                                                               
infrastructure  in   the  state.  In   improving  Alaska's  power                                                               
infrastructure, the  Senate Resources Committee  is interested in                                                               
all possible  options on the  table. Currently,  the issue before                                                               
the  committee deals  with  support for  a  "road-belt electrical                                                               
intertie," which  he and the  chair support.  The chair expressed                                                               
an interest  in the committee supporting  similar resolutions for                                                               
other  electrical  and   power-related  improvements  across  the                                                               
state.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
3:51:51 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  KIEHL noted  that the  resolution was  introduced before                                                               
the untimely  passing of  Congressman Don  Young, so he  is still                                                               
listed in the resolution.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:52:15 PM                                                                                                                    
VICE   CHAIR  MICCICHE   related  his   understanding   that  the                                                               
resolution  would  go  automatically  to  the  office  of  former                                                               
Congressman Don Young until there is a replacement.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:52:31 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR STEVENS  moved to report SJR  11, work order 32-LS0660\A,                                                               
from  committee  with  individual  recommendations  and  attached                                                               
fiscal note(s).                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
3:52:49 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR KAWASAKI objected,  noting that the committee had adopted                                                               
a conceptual amendment at the prior hearing on the resolution.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
[SENATOR KAWASAKI pointed out  a technical issue at the 1/24/2022                                                               
hearing on  SJR 11. At that  time, he noted that  when SJR 11 was                                                               
drafted,  there  was  an  Acting  Secretary  of Interior,  but  a                                                               
Secretary of the Interior was subsequently appointed.]                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
3:52:52 PM                                                                                                                    
At ease                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
3:53:23 PM                                                                                                                    
VICE  CHAIR MICCICHE  reconvened  the meeting  and  asked Senator                                                               
Stevens to rescind his motion.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
3:53:29 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  STEVENS  rescinded  his motion  to  report  SJR  11 from                                                               
committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
3:53:31 PM                                                                                                                    
VICE CHAIR MICCICHE related  his understanding that the committee                                                               
had  adopted  a  conceptual  amendment  at  the last  hearing  to                                                               
correct it [The committee  had noted a technical issue during the                                                               
1/24/21 hearing on the  resolution but did not adopt a conceptual                                                               
amendment.] The word "Acting"  was not removed, and the committee                                                               
would  like  to  correct  it  for  the  record,  similar  to  the                                                               
statement regarding the late US Congressman Don Young.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
VICE  CHAIR  MICCICHE  asked   whether  there  was  objection  to                                                               
correcting  either  statement; he  found  no  objection,  and the                                                               
technical corrections were adopted.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:54:05 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR STEVENS  moved to report SJR  11, work order 32-LS0660\A,                                                               
as amended,  from committee  with individual  recommendations and                                                               
attached fiscal note(s).                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
VICE CHAIR  MICCICHE found  no objection,  and CSSJR  11(RES) was                                                               
reported from the Senate Resources Standing Committee.