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Dave Harbour, publisher of Northern Gas Pipelines, is a former Chairman of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, a Commissioner Emeritus of NARUC, NARUC's Official Representative to IOGCC and Vice Chairman of NARUC's Gas Committee. He served as Gas Committee Chairman of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners. He also served as commissioner of the Anchorage Bicentennial Commission and the Anchorage Heritage Land Bank Commission. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree: English, at Colorado State University, a Master of Science Degree: Communications-Journalism at Murray State University and graduated from Utility Regulatory School for Commissioners at Michigan State University. He served as a Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs at Alaska Pacific University, taught bank marketing classes at the University of Alaska and was an English teacher at Los Alamos High School. Harbour served in ranks of Private - Captain during a 4-year assignment with the Army in Korea, Idaho, Georgia and Fort Meade and received the Meritorious Service Medal among other commendations. Harbour is also a past Chairman of the Alaska Council on Economic Education, the Alaska Oil & Gas Association Government Affairs Committee, the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, the Export Council of Alaska and the Department of Commerce's District Export Council. He is a past President of the Alaska Press Club, American Bald Eagle Foundation, Consumer Energy Alliance-Alaska and Common Sense for Alaska. Harbour was instrumental in founding the American Bald Eagle Research Institute (UAS), the Alaska Support Industry Alliance, the Downtown Anchorage Business Partnership, and Arctic Power. He also served as CEO of several small Alaska organizations, including the Anchorage Parking Authority and Action Security, Inc. Harbour is also Chairman Emeritus of the Alaska Oil & Gas Congress. Harbour's wife, Nancy, is a professional, performing arts administrator and his three boys, Todd, Benjamin and William work in the fields of environmental management, energy marketing and medicine.
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2-6-17 Is Alaska Continuing To Become The Worst Investment Climate In The United States?

One could fairly ask if, "Alaska Is Continuing To Become The Worst Investment Climate In The United States".   We hope not, but the question is reasonable.  The question is reasonable because for over two decades the University of Alaska's Institute of Social and Economic Research has warned decision makers to control spending.  Over three decades ago, Common Sense for Alaska urged prudence in taxing and spending policies.  We have also documented in these pages a sad history of rapid, industry tax changes, application of punitive retroactive taxes, discriminatory industry taxes [...]

2-5-17 Alaska – Alberta Job Losses Mount As Governments Struggle With Budgets

Alaska lost another 9,000 jobs in third quarter for biggest decline since oil prices crashed   ADN, by Alex DeMarban Alberta EI Claims Have Doubled In The Past Year  The Huffington Post Alberta | Sarah Rieger | Posted 01.22.2016 | Canada Alberta Read More: Video, Alberta Economy, Alberta Jobs, Alberta Oil Layoffs, Alberta Employment Insurance, Alberta Ei,Alberta Job Losses, Alberta Business, Calgary, Edmonton, Canada Alberta News   Canada-wide, the number of EI recipients increased 45,800 since last year. Read Whole Story    

By |2017-02-11T14:18:30-09:00February 5th, 2017|Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics|0 Comments

2-3-17 AMA BREAKING NEWS -also- Dakota Access Trespassers Were No Angels

Cleanup begins at Dakota Access encampment  02/05/2017 (Trouble viewing this article? Click here).  Cleanup of a North Dakota encampment where opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline stayed for months to protest the $3.8 billion project is expected to take weeks, a leader of the tribe that organized the protest said Jan. 31. The Standing Rock Sioux hopes to complete the work before any spring.... FERC Commissioner Colette Honorable. Northern Gas Pipelines Photo by Dave Harbour FERC won’t have a quorum after Feb. 3  02/05/2017 (Trouble viewing this article? Click [...]

2-3-17 Overtaxing Is As Bad As Overfishing – Also Alaska/Alberta Fiscal Crises

Overtaxing Is As Bad As Overfishing Alaska Journal of Commerce by Andrew Jensen Dating back to before statehood, Alaskans know that overfishing is a bad thing. Stopping overfishing of salmon and regaining control of the resource was in fact one of the driving forces in the effort to become a state. What we know about sustainability of our vast fisheries resources is worth applying to yet another debate over another immense asset — our oil — and the means by which that resource is taxed. Get ready for more [...]

2-1-17 Valdez (i.e. Governor Bill’s home town) still fights for Valdez LNG terminal…

...and, we wonder how the good folks on the Kenai Peninsula are reacting to that!  (Here's the filing .pdf) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION Alaska Gasline Development Corporation Docket No. PF14-21-000 BP Alaska LNG, LLC Conoco Phillips Alaska LNG Company ExxonMobil Alaska LNG, LLC TransCanada Alaska Midstream, LP COMMENTS REGARDING ALTERNATIVE ROUTE AND SITE ANALYSIS FOR THE AKLNG PROJECT THE CITY OF VALDEZ, ALASKA THE MAYOR OF THE FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH, ALASKA THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FAIRBANKS, ALASKA THE MAYOR OF THE CITY [...]

By |2018-01-12T18:08:02-09:00February 1st, 2017|AGDC, Alaska Governor Bill Walker, Government Waste, LNG|0 Comments

2-1-17

Today's news updates: Ontario had to change gas subsidization program: infrastructure minister, CBC.ca.  Ontario's infrastructure minister says the province had to change its subsidization program for the expansion of natural gas pipelines into rural and ...   State nears finish for smaller gasline permits, Alaskajournal.com.  The AGDC-AHFC in-state pipeline work culminated in late 2012 with a design and final EIS for a 737-mile, 24-inch high-pressure pipeline also ...

By |2017-02-01T16:02:28-09:00February 1st, 2017|Uncategorized|0 Comments

1-31-17 Federal Overreach Is Under Attack: Thank Goodness!

House Introduces Stream Protection Rule Repeal Under the Congressional Review Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Bill Johnson (R-OH),  Evan Jenkins (R-WV) and David McKinley (R-WV) introduced H. J. Res. 38. This is a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act related to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s (OSM) final Stream Protection Rule (SPR). During the rulemaking process, OSM shut out cooperative agencies – the states responsible for enforcing federal mining regulations – and ignored the existing regulatory success as the state and federal level. [...]

By |2017-01-31T11:26:59-09:00January 31st, 2017|Uncategorized|0 Comments

1-30-17 The most important, least appreciated Alaska legislation of 2017?

Proposed Amendment To Improve Alaska's Constitutional Spending Limit Last Friday, Alaska state senator Mike Dunleavy filed a proposed amendment to the state's spending limit.  Below is the news release explaining the amendment.  Here is a link to the actual language of the amendment.  -dh Amendment Proposed to Strengthen Constitutional Spending Limit Alaska State Senator Mike Dunleavy. Northern Gas Pipelines file photo by Dave Harbour JUNEAU, January 28, 2017 – An amendment to Alaska’s Constitution was introduced today that would – if approved by a majority of Alaska [...]

1-26-17 Persily Tells It Like It Is

Judge orders removal of blockade against northern Alberta pipeline construction.   CBC.ca.   Métis protest construction of northern Alberta TransCanada gas pipeline ... CBC News calls to the president of the Chard Métis Society were not ...       Larry Persily, former Alaska gas pipeline federal coordinator. NGP Photo by Dave Harbour. LNG Headlines From Former Alaska Gas Pipeline Federal Coordinator, Larry Persily      Note: we hold Persily in great regard for his diligence and intellectual honesty.  No matter who employs Persily, for the [...]

1-25-17 Trump is right. Dakota trespassers are wrong.

Trump’s move on Keystone XL, Dakota Access outrages activists.  The Trump administration is pushing forward on plans for two major oil pipelines in the U.S., projects that sparked nationwide demonstrations and legal fights under .... Our comment:  Obama disapproved Keystone for enviro-politics after State Department recommended approval. So called Dakota Access "activists" include enviro-activists and are trespassing on federal land. Pipeline ROW is not on Indian land. Pipeline ROW is on private land. This is about the public interest and rule of law vs. private interests and anarchy. -dh

1-24-17 President Trump Trumps Obama’s Pipeline Blocks

Courtesy: The Des Moines Register Video Alert: President Trump plans to sign executive orders reviving the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, which had been stalled under the Obama administration.... ______________ Oh...and we note that on the Canadian side of the border the pipeline access challenges drag on as special interests seek advantage at the expense of the public interest.  -dh Métis protest construction of northern Alberta TransCanada LNGpipeline ___________________________________________________________

1-21-17 Consultant supports gas project infeasibility we have repeatedly addressed here

Nikos Tsafos. NGP File Photo by Dave Harbour AP by Becky Bohrer.  A legislative consultant has raised red flags about Alaska taking the lead on a major proposed liquefied natural gas project, even as Gov. Bill Walker has said he is comfortable with it. In a recent report to lawmakers, consultant Nikos Tsafos outlined challenges threatening the project's potential for success. They include a competitive market and a laundry list of tasks the state will need to achieve, such as finding buyers, insulating itself from cost overruns [...]

1-18-17 Projects That Government Could Have Killed

Journal of Commerce, by Andrew Jensen.   We aren’t hearing much from the opponents of the 2013 oil tax reform lately. Facts tend to get in the way of rhetorical hyperbole, and it appears that reality has finally caught up with Democrats and Gov. Bill Walker, who collectively agitated for the repeal Senate Bill 21 in a 2014 voter referendum. Losing that fight didn’t end the debate, however. Nor did the undisputed evidence from Walker’s own Revenue Department that SB 21 was bringing in more money than the previous [...]

By |2017-01-23T11:41:58-09:00January 18th, 2017|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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