Petroleum News by Eric Lidji.  State regulators are allowing a Eric Lidji, Petroleum News, Photo by Dave Harbournew municipal utility to offer natural gas service to sections of the Fairbanks North Star Borough, and have rejected a similar application from Fairbanks Natural Gas LLC, the privately held distribution utility in the region.

The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has given the Interior Alaska Natural Gas Utility the go ahead ….  The RCA said it made its decision “in the context of the entire project.” With that in mind, the RCA said it denied the Fairbanks Natural Gas application because the utility “failed to demonstrate a viable build-out plan for the proposed expanded service area.”