See Our Related Editorial: The Legislature should amend a current bill or introduce a new one which 1) at the least, eliminated the oil production tax progressivity feature and lowered the net tax rate from 25%, and 2) repealed the cruise ship tax and burdensome environmental requirements or, at the least, reduced the head tax from $50 to $5 and eliminated all other burdens established by the cruise ship voters initiative. –dh  The Alaska Standard by Dan Fagan.  Let me get this straight. Our current crop of legislators have at worst, killed [...]

See our earlier moratoria study stories here, and here. SNL Daily Gas Report, by Mark Hand.  Continued restrictions on industry access to oil and gas resources on federal lands could cost the United States more than $2.35 trillion in cumulative gross domestic product and nearly 13 million jobs through 2030, according to the results of a new study administered by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners...On Feb. 15, members of the Moratoria Study Group discussed the report at NARUC's winter committee meetings in Washington, D.C. The members went to [...]

  As a member of the NGA’s Natural Resources Committee, Governor Sean Parnell (State Photo) participated in a hearing with U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and the Federal Energy Regulatory Board Chairman Jon Wellinghoff (NGP Photo). Governor Parnell led the effort to amend an Endangered Species Act resolution to put more emphasis on local decision-making and economic development in land use planning decisions.  “I will continue fighting to ensure that jobs and economic recovery take a front seat in any discussions,” said Governor Parnell.   Here is the Sierra Club's Mackenzie Pipeline [...]

Alaska Dispatch by Rena Delbridge.  The state's AGIA coordinator, Mark Myers (NGP Photo-r), filled a House Finance subcommittee in on his office's work so far facilitating the state's permitting and public relations end of gasline prep. Part of the deal under the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act was that the state would appoint a coordinator, modeled under the federal coordinator's (Larry Persily-NGP Photo-l) office established by the U.S. Congress to bring the alphabet soup of permitting and regulatory agencies onto the same page.   Press Trust of India.  A US Senator today [...]

Rena Delbridge Stories (NGP Photo): Alaska Dispatch, re: Cook Inlet Gas Storage. The Cook Inlet Recovery Act, designed to boost natural gas storage in Cook Inlet, had its first hearing in the House.  Absent a severe cold spell this winter in Southcentral, the availability of natural gas to meet peak demands for home heating and electricity may be far from consumers' minds. Alaska Dispatch, re: Alaska Permanent Fund to bankroll a gas pipeline?  One of the most influential legislators in the state House says he's sick and tired of plans, [...]

Tomorrow at noon, Radio talk show Guru Dan Fagan (NGP Photo, with Dave Harbour) will host at the Sheraton Anchorage Hotel what he calls a, "wild, free for all town hall meeting featuring a panel of Alaska's best minds debating the future of our state."  Register here.  Gas pipeline and related issues are sure to take center stage!