Legislature(2023 - 2024)BARNES 124

01/24/2023 10:15 AM House ENERGY

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10:17:42 AM Start
10:19:11 AM Committee Introductions
10:24:27 AM Adjourn
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                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
               HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ENERGY                                                                              
                        January 24, 2023                                                                                        
                           10:17 a.m.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                             DRAFT                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative George Rauscher, Chair                                                                                           
Representative Tom McKay                                                                                                        
Representative Josiah Patkotak                                                                                                  
Representative Calvin Schrage                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
All members present                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
[As of 1/24/23 one seat on the committee was marked "vacant";                                                                   
subsequently, three members were later added.]                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE INTRODUCTIONS                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
No previous action to record                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
No witnesses to record                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
10:17:42 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  GEORGE  RAUSCHER called  the  House  Special Committee  on                                                             
Energy meeting  to order at 10:17  a.m. Representatives Rauscher,                                                               
McKay,  and   Schrage  were  present   at  the  call   to  order.                                                               
Representative Patkotak arrived as the meeting was in progress.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
^COMMITTEE INTRODUCTIONS                                                                                                        
                    COMMITTEE INTRODUCTIONS                                                                                 
                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
10:19:11 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR RAUSCHER  announced that the  only order of  business would                                                               
be Committee Introductions.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
10:20:03 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE MCKAY introduced himself  as the Representative of                                                               
District 15  in Anchorage, Alaska.   He stated that he  had a 40-                                                               
year career as a petroleum engineer.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
10:20:45 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE SCHRAGE  introduced himself as  the Representative                                                               
of  District 12  in  Anchorage, Alaska.   He  stated  that he  is                                                               
interested in  policies that  would help  lower energy  costs for                                                               
people and businesses in the state of Alaska.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
10:21:17 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  RAUSCHER  introduced  himself  as  the  Representative  of                                                               
District  29 in  Sutton,  Alaska.   He stated  that  he has  been                                                               
serving as a member of the  House Special Committee on Energy for                                                               
six years.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
10:22:36 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE PATKOTAK introduced  himself as the Representative                                                               
of District  40 in the North  Slope Borough.  He  stated that his                                                               
goal is to achieve lower energy costs for rural Alaska.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
10:23:21 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR RAUSCHER  stated that there  is a vacancy on  the committee                                                               
that will soon be filled.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
10:24:27 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no  further business before the  committee, the House                                                               
Special Committee on Energy meeting was adjourned at 10:24 a.m.                                                                 

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