Last night, the federal coordinator’s office for an Alaska North Slope naturalLarry Persily by Dave Harbour gas pipeline sponsored a  public forum in Anchorage (and streamed live on the web) to discuss the state’s options for assisting in gas line development. The Vic Fischer and Gregg Erickson by Dave Harbour Gasline Forum - ISER - Institute of Social and Economic Research, Alaska Constitutional Convention, Delegatepanelists reviewed potential fiscal options that could help in developing an out-of-state and an in-state line, and how the state could benefit from looking at the two projects as a package.

Panelists photos below, l-r: Gregg Erickson, longtime Alaska economist; Joe Dubler; Chief Financial Officer of the state-run Alaska Gasline Development Corp ; William Garner, senior counsel at Dewey & LeBoeuf in Houston.  The moderator was Federal Coordinator, Larry Persily (above right).  Senator Lesil McGuire and aide Michael Pawlowski (lower right) attended the forum.  Former associates of the Institute of Social and Economic Research, Vic Fischer and Gregg Erickson meeting after the forum (upper left).
Gregg Erickson by Dave Harbour, ASAP, Alaska Gas Pipeline, Instate Gasline, Federal CoordinatorJoe Dubler by Dave Harbour, AGDA, ASAP, AHFC, Alaska Gas PipelineWilliam Garner by Dave Harbour, AGDA, ASAP, AHFC, Alaska Gas Pipeline

  Lesil McGuire and Michael Pawlowski by Dave Harbour Gasline Forum, Larry Persily