HOUSE COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                      
                       January 27, 2000                                                                                         
                          8:20 a.m.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
  Energy Issues   PCE                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
  TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
  00-2, SIDES A & B                                                                                                             
  00-3, SIDE A                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
  CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
  REPRESENTATIVE CARL MORGAN, Co-Chair, convened the House                                                                      
  Community and Regional Affairs Committee meeting at 8;20 a.m.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
  PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
  Committee members present were Representatives Morgan, Harris,                                                                
  Murkowski, Halcro, Kookesh and Dyson.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
  SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
  KEITH LAUFER, Financial and Legal Affairs Manager of Alaska                                                                   
  Industrial Development and Export Authority, gave a broad                                                                     
  overview of the state's energy programs.  He responded to                                                                     
  questions asked by committee members.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
  RANDY SIMMONS, Executive Director of Alaska Iindustrial                                                                       
  Development and Export Authority, participated in the overview                                                                
  of the state's energy programs and responded to questions.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  DAVID GERMER, Deputy Director of Business Development and                                                                     
  Rural Energy at AIDEA, also participated in the overview and                                                                  
  responded to questions.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
  PERCY FRISBEE, Rural Energy Manager at AIDEA, discussed power                                                                 
  cost equalization and responded to questions from committee                                                                   
  members.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
  JEFF STASER, federal Co-Chair of the Denali Commission,                                                                       
  presented an overview of that commission's efforts to address                                                                 
  rural energy problems in Alaska.  He responded to committee                                                                   
  members' questions.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
  COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
  The committee took no action.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
  ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
  CO-CHAIR MORGAN adjourned the meeting at 10:05 a.m.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
  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 129 6th Street, Suite                                                                  
  229, Juneau, Alaska  99801-2197, (907) 465-2214, and after                                                                    
  adjournment of the second session of the Twenty-first Alaska                                                                  
  State Legislature this information may be obtained by                                                                         
  contacting the Legislative Reference Library at 129 6th                                                                       
  Street, Suite 102, (907) 465-3808.