by Steve Pratt (NGP Photo) (Note: your author's earlier views on Cook Inlet Gas pricing.) The process used by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska to approve utility natural gas supply contracts is costly and problematic.  So noted RCA Chairman Bob Pickett in opening remarks at a natural gas pricing technical conference held at the commission today.  Documents from the conference can be found at www.state.ak.us/rca with inquiry reference I-09-007. (Scroll down for more)   The announced purpose for the conference was to explore ways to make the RCA’s natural gas supply [...]