...without the Joint Federal-State Oil and Gas Beaufort Sea Lease Sale of 1979 thirty years ago?  What would Alaska be without the 30-year-old Alaska Support Industry Alliance whose first formal action was to support that 1979 lease sale?  Hit the Alliance website here today as an expression of appreciation for its Members' 30 years of service to the families of Alaska!  Where would we be, indeed; I don't know exactly, but Alaska's circumstances would be decidedly less prosperous.   Commentary: As the Alliance celebrates 30 years of success, we [...]

 Today, Mayor Dan Sullivan (NGP Photo) invited CEOs of the major Southcentral Alaska energy utilities to join him for a public briefing on actions his Administration is taking to successfully confront any possible energy shortages during peak use periods.  Those 'peak' periods generally occur before and after the normal work day when Alaska's winters are coldest and darkest.  That circumstance produces the biggest demand from business and residential customers for electric light and heat, and, for natural gas hot water and room heating.  Before and after work are generally the times in [...]