3-1-15 Governor Bill Walker Wanted To Kill the ASAP Project Before He Wanted to Strengthen And ‘Own’ It. -dh

In Today's ADN, Paul Jenkins opines that:  ... "With a pen stroke, Walker switched the board’s focus from pipeline to politics, with a different outlook and differing goals and needs. "Now, Walker wants to beef up ASAP, the Legislature’s baby, and have it compete with the larger project. ASAP started life in 2010 as a small-diameter, in-state backup to the producer's gigantic Alaska LNG Project to move gas from the North Slope to Nikiski. "ASAP was bumped up to a 36-inch diameter line, but Walker considered it uneconomical -- even [...]