04/05/2005 05:00 PM House ECONOMIC DEV., TRADE, AND TOURISM

HB 164-APPROP: WIND FARM ON FIRE ISLAND                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR DAHLSTROM announced  that the next order  of business would                                                               
be HOUSE  BILL NO. 164   "An  Act making a  special appropriation                                                               
for a grant  to Chugach Electric Association to  construct a wind                                                               
farm on  Fire Island and  transmission lines to connect  the wind                                                               
farm  to existing  electrical  infrastructure  in Anchorage;  and                                                               
providing for an effective date."                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  DAHLSTROM said  HB 164  will be  officially waived  and go                                                               
straight to  finance.  She said,  "We have all the  signatures of                                                               
the members that are here."