We Return to Anchorage Today After NARUC Meetings -dh

Alaska Dispatch by Patti Epler.  Former Gov. Frank Murkowski (NGP Photo) has been making the rounds of business groups and writing commentaries about the state’s need to revamp its oil tax structure to make Alaska more competitive. But the former governor and U.S. senator has thoughts on other state issues, too, including the proposed natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to Canada and his political rival former Gov. Sarah Palin’s plan to get it built. In a far-ranging interview with Alaska Dispatch, Murkowski talks about the oil tax structure known as Alaska’s Equitable Share (ACES), the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA) and other resource development issues