Yesterday, Alaska Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) .JPG)
unveiled his FY 2015 budget, proposing $1.3 billion less in general fund spending than the current year and 150 fewer positions. This FY 2015 budget proposes 18.4 percent less in general fund spending than the current year.
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The Department of Revenue’s fall revenue forecast, released last week, showed a decrease in revenue due to lower oil prices, declining production, and the closing out of capital credit tax liabilities from the previous oil tax system. In fact, at current oil prices, Alaska’s revenue stream is about the same under the More Alaska Production Act, and the new tax system better protects Alaskans at even lower oil prices.
The new budget proposal includes a recommendation to transfer $3 billion from a budget savings account into the state’s retirement trust funds. The effect is to pay down debt, resulting in lower fixed annual payments for the state. “We need to tackle this problem now instead of pushing it off to our children and grandchildren,” said Parnell. (More: omb.alaska.gov).
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What the other side is up to: 12-11-13. Daily Kos had a gigantic year. Traffic is up, our email list doubled in size, our Facebook page is exploding, and our community of writers and commenters is growing. But more importantly: Our work mattered. (Oh, and my wife and I had a baby!) This is what CNN said in their post-mortem on filibuster reform: What was known as the nuclear option yesterday is known as the Reid Rule today. Time will only tell if the Reid Rule is productive or destructive. But we'll leave that to the historians. As for how it became the Reid rule, it took a coordinated and sustained effort from an unlikely place—progressive activists on the blogosphere. Daily Kos was the first group to start organizing for filibuster reform, way back in 2010. People called us crazy when we did. Well, three years and an astonishing 900,000 actions later, we made filibuster reform the mainstream Democratic policy position—and we won a vote on it on the floor of the United States Senate. This victory—like all of our work—couldn’t have happened without you. Two weeks ago, we set a goal to raise $100,000 by the end of the year so we could keep doing the work we do. Well, as you can see from that fundraising thermometer, you just blew that goal away. So, can you chip in $5 to help us reach our new goal of $200,000 so that we can expand our groundbreaking activism work in 2014? Keep fighting, |
Ziff Energy, a division of Solomon Associates, yesterday announced the release of its North American LNG Exports to 2020 report. According to spokesperson, Stephanie Wick, report reviews the world liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply, Asian demand, and LNG exports from North America. It also details how countries including Australia and Russia, as well as some in East Africa and the Middle East, are actively developing LNG supply.
Figure 1 shows global LNG supply by project development phase, which includes existing LNG, under construction LNG, and proposed LNG. The report indicates Australia, Canada, and the United States will lead the world in LNG liquefaction additions.
Additional Ziff Energy reports recently released and available for purchase include :
• Growth of North American Natural Gas Demand to 2020
• Western Canada Oil Production to 2020
• Gas for Power Generation to 2020
• 2012 U.S. and Canadian Gas Reserve Replacement
• Western Canada Natural Gas Production to 2020
• Canadian Gas Exports to 2020
• North American Pipeline Costs
• U.S. Gas Production Outlook to 2020
• Associated Gas Production Outlook to 2020
• Gas Price Differentials Forecast to 2020
• Henry Hub Gas Price Outlook
• Natural Gas Production Headwinds & Tailwinds
• North American Natural Gas Storage
• Unconventional Natural Gas Demand
• Mexico Natural Gas Outlook to 2020
About Ziff Energy
Ziff Energy, a division of HSB Solomon Associates LLC (Solomon), provides upstream performance assessment/improvement and custom consulting to the worldwide energy industry in more than 40 countries, and natural gas consulting services in North America. Solomon is the world’s leading performance improvement company for energy companies seeking to identify and close gaps in operational performance. Combining proven, patented methodologies with objective data analysis, and led by a team of oil and gas consultants steeped in hands-on operational experience, Solomon consistently helps clients with energy-intensive assets achieve greater efficiencies, enhanced reliability, and improved margins. Solomon is part of HSB Group, Inc. Learn more about Ziff Energy at http://www.ZiffEnergy.com. For information about Solomon, visit http://www.SolomonOnline.com.
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