ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
        HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,                                                                      
                INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND TOURISM                                                                               
                        February 3, 2004                                                                                        
                           10:06 a.m.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Cheryll Heinze, Chair                                                                                            
Representative Lesil McGuire, Vice Chair                                                                                        
Representative Pete Kott                                                                                                        
Representative Nancy Dahlstrom                                                                                                  
Representative Vic Kohring                                                                                                      
Representative Sharon Cissna                                                                                                    
Representative Harry Crawford                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
All members present                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
^HEARING ON THE JOINT ENERGY POLICY TASK FORCE REPORT                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
04-3, SIDE(S) A & B                                                                                                             
04-4, SIDE(S) A                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CHERYLL  HEINZE convened the  meeting of the  House Special                                                             
Committee  on  Economic   Development,  International  Trade  and                                                               
Tourism  at 10:06  a.m.   Representatives Heinze,  McGuire, Kott,                                                               
Kohring,  Dahlstrom,  and Cissna  were  present  at the  call  to                                                               
order.   Representative Crawford  arrived as  the meeting  was in                                                               
progress.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MIKE BARRY, Chair, Joint Energy  Policy Task Force, presented the                                                               
task  force's report  on the  Railbelt, emphasizing  the findings                                                               
and recommendations therein.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
H.A.  "RED"  BOUCHER,  Chairman,   Board  of  Directors,  Chugach                                                               
Electric  Association; Vice  Chairman, Joint  Energy Policy  Task                                                               
Force, spoke  on the need  for strong cyber  security, especially                                                               
when dealing with  utilities, which could be a  choice target for                                                               
cyber terrorists  and hackers.   Mr. Boucher  recommended several                                                               
methods to reduce or eliminate the risk of attack.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
BECKY  GAY, Project  Manager, Alaska  Industrial Development  and                                                               
Export  Authority  (AIDEA)  and Alaska  Energy  Authority  (AEA);                                                               
Staff, Joint Energy Policy Task  Force, spoke on the task force's                                                               
report and  answered questions relating to  her interpretation of                                                               
the  report's  findings and  possible  future  expansions to  the                                                               
report.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
BERNIE SMITH, Alaska Industrial  Development and Export Authority                                                               
and Alaska  Energy Authority, supplied supporting  commentary and                                                               
offered to answer questions.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
There were no announcements.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
The   House   Special    Committee   on   Economic   Development,                                                               
International  Trade   and  Tourism   meeting  was   recessed  at                                                               
12:02 p.m. until Thursday, February 5, 2004, at 2:00 p.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  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.