The Annual Conference of the Resource Development Council for Alaska opens today in Anchorage to what we expect to be a standing room only audience.  Scroll down to read our commentary which debuts today in a special insert produced for this conference.  By Saturday, we'll also complete our NARUC entry in yesterday's posting.  -dh ADN by Elizabeth Bluemink.  Tom Barrett (NGP Photo coming), 63, is scheduled to begin working at the company, which operates the 800-mile trans-Alaska pipeline, on Jan. 1.  Barrett is taking the helm at a time when [...]