02/27/2003 08:10 AM House CRA

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
              HOUSE COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS                                                                            
                       STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                                     
                       February 27, 2003                                                                                        
                           8:10 a.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Carl Morgan, Chair                                                                                               
Representative Kelly Wolf, Vice Chair                                                                                           
Representative Tom Anderson                                                                                                     
Representative Ralph Samuels                                                                                                    
Representative Sharon Cissna                                                                                                    
Representative Albert Kookesh                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Mike Chenault                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW:  ALASKA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND EXPORT AUTHORITY                                                                   
OVERVIEW:  ALASKA ENERGY AUTHORITY                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
03-5, SIDE(S) A                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CARL  MORGAN convened  the meeting  of the  House Community                                                             
and   Regional   Affairs   Standing  Committee   at   8:10   a.m.                                                               
Representatives  Morgan,  Wolf,  Anderson, Samuels,  Cissna,  and                                                               
Kookesh were present at the call to order.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
RON  MILLER, Executive  Director,  Alaska Industrial  Development                                                               
and Export  Authority (AIDEA) and Alaska  Energy Authority (AEA),                                                               
discussed AIDEA and AEA some of  the projects with which both are                                                               
involved.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
MIKE HARPER,  Deputy Director -  Rural Energy,  Alaska Industrial                                                               
Development  and  Export  Authority  (AIDEA)  and  Alaska  Energy                                                               
Authority (AEA),  discussed AIDEA  and AEA  some of  the projects                                                               
with which both are involved.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Both  Mr.  Miller  and  Mr.  Harper  answered  questions  on  the                                                               
following topics:   the Healy  and Skagway projects,  the Seafood                                                               
Center Project, the conservation program, and shallow gas.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
There were no announcements.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
There was no action taken.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The committee adjourned at an unspecified time.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:   The meeting was  recorded and handwritten log  notes were                                                               
taken.  A  copy of the tape(s)  and log notes may  be obtained by                                                               
contacting the  House Records  Office at  State Capitol,  Room 3,                                                               
Juneau,  Alaska  99801  (mailing address),  (907)  465-2214,  and                                                               
after  adjournment  of the  second  session  of the  Twenty-Third                                                               
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information may  be obtained  by                                                               
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.