SB 71-ALTERNATIVE ENERGY FOR PUBLIC WORKS  4:15:52 PM CHAIR WIELECHOWSKI announced the consideration of SB 71. DAVID STANCLIFF, Staff, to Senator Therriault, Alaska State Legislature, said SB 71 is an attempt to prepare for alternative energy systems in public facilities. For example, the school in Tok is about to become the first school to derive its heat from wood biomass. The bill does not bind designers to any particular course of action, but it recommends that they consider alternative resources and incorporate them in the design if they are available. 4:18:41 PM MR. STANCLIFF said that the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOTPF) asked the sponsor to add two words. On page one, line 15, after "fire system to" insert the words "purchase, install,". Senator Therriault concurs with that assessment. MR. STANCLIFF noted that the bill makes it clear that an alternative energy system is one that is non-fossil fuel fired so it's not necessary to include the phrase "renewable energy" in the bill. CHAIR WIELECHOWSKI asked where that definition comes from. MR. STANCLIFF replied it came from legislative legal. JOEL St AUBIN, Engineer/Architect, Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOTPF) said he is available to answer questions. 4:20:34 PM PAUL KENDALL, representing himself, said he is concerned about the things that no one is addressing. Many of us feel that the local economy may collapse and that the outside may have unexpected unknowns, he said. Therefore, we think that we should move our money into Cook Inlet to develop renewable electric projects. He mentioned and offered suggestions regarding the water body adjacent to Galena, channeling water, remote communities becoming all electric, photo technology, generator manufactures, and electric vehicles. There's no reason that within six years we couldn't be world leaders in renewable energy, he said. 4:24:52 PM CO-CHAIR MCGUIRE moved to adopt the committee substitute (CS) for SB 71, labeled 26-LS0343\E, as the working document. There being no objection, version E was before the committee. CO-CHAIR MCGUIRE moved to report CS for SB 71 from committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s). There being no objection, CSSB 71(RES) moved from the Senate Resources Standing Committee.