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09/10/2012 01:00 PM Senate MISCELLANEOUS MEETING

* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
-- Teleconference --
SENATE ENERGY WORKING GROUP HEARING
LOCATION: Noel Wien Library Auditorium,
1215 Cowles Street, Fairbanks, Alaska
TOPIC: Fuel Prices in Alaska
1:00 Welcome and Introduction by Senators Thomas,
Wielechowski, Hoffman
1:20 The Price of Energy in Fairbanks, by Jim
Dodson, President and CEO, Fairbanks Economic
Development Corporation
1:30 Tesoro's Perspective on Alaska Gas Prices,
by James Tangaro, Vice President, Kenai Refinery
Tesoro Alaska Company
1:50 Royalty In-kind, by Bill Barron, Director of
the Division of Oil and Gas in the Department of
Natural Resources
2:10 Past Price Fixing Investigation and Results
by Ed Sniffen, Senior Assistant to the Attorney
General, Department of Law
2:30 Correlations Between Crude Oil Prices and
Retail Heating Oil Prices, by Antony Scott,
Energy Economist with Alaska Center for Energy
and Power at University of Alaska Fairbanks
2:50 Impact of Reduced Flint Hills Resources
production on the Alaska Railroad, by Bill
O'Leary, CFO, Alaska Railroad
3:05 BREAK
3:15 High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC)
Technology, by Meera Kohler, President and CEO,
Alaska Village Electric Cooperative and
Dr. Jacobson, VP of Science and Technology for
Marsh Creek LLC
3:45 International Markets and Large Energy
Projects, by Larry Persily, Federal Coordinator
of the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects
4:05 Royalty In-kind, by Flint Hills Refinery -
Written Comments Presented on Behalf of Jeff
Cook, Regional Director of External Affairs for
Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC
4:20 The Perspective of a Local Heating Fuel
Distributor, by Mervin Gilbertson, Owner, Polar
Fuel
4:30 BREAK
5:30 - 7:00 Public Comment