Alaska Dispatch, by Frank Murkowski (NGP Photo).
I urge that we not continue to fund overlapping energy projects.
Over the last several years the administration and the Legislature have authorized the following:
1. $557 million has been expended over the last nine years on consultant fees and reports;
2. In the last session the Legislature approved $355 million for the in-state bullet line on top of $72 million from former years;
3. The Legislature committed $332.5 million in grants and loans to truck North Slope gas to Fairbanks; and
4. The Legislature appropriated $95 million to advance the Susitna dam.
While these funds are not all appropriated, they amount to $1.3 billion, a good portion which has already been spent. (Read More….)
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