Dave Harbour

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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.

7-2-16

ANCHORAGE (KTUU) The Division of Oil and Gas, on behalf of Gov. Bill Walker, this week set a Sept. 1 deadline for BP Exploration to provide new information about plans to sell North Slope gas. The request came as the state has refused to sign off on oil companies’ 2016 development plan for Prudhoe Bay, saying that the companies must first describe how they will market and sell natural gas in addition to oil. "As governor of Alaska, I need to know producers’ plans regarding the marketing of gas," Walker [...]

By wpnorthern|2016-07-02T22:51:20-09:00July 2nd, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

7-1-16 Much Alaska gas pipeline/LNG food for thought over the Independence Day weekend!

Yesterday we commented on the overall chaos enveloping Alaska as it seeks fiscal stability. Fiscal stability is a critical risk for big investments -- like a multi-billion dollar energy project. If fiscal stability does not exist, savvy energy investors must cease or postpone projects until risks become less threatening. Alaska Governor Bill Walker In such a caldron of multi dimensional issues, we see great political/emotional support for construction of an Alaska gas export project. However, the realities of world energy prices, high and unpredictable Alaska tax policy, a run-away spending history, and democrat leaders [...]

By wpnorthern|2016-12-22T22:27:09-09:00July 1st, 2016|AGDC, Alaska Taxes, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Commentary, Competition, Interior Energy Project (IEP), Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, OCS|0 Comments

6-30-16 Criticism of Governor Grows

Oil-sniffing dogs can help detect pipeline leaks, Calgary handler says Alaska Governor Bill Walker has continued to accrue ill will reflecting a lack of confidence in his leadership. In recent posts, readers will note: The governor has called for yet another special session of the Legislature to consider matters lawmakers rejected in the recently adjourned special session. (What do they call it when one continues doing the same thing while expecting a different result?) The governor has insisted that the people and legislature give more "revenue" to government before significantly cutting [...]

By wpnorthern|2016-12-22T22:27:09-09:00June 30th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

6-29-16

Today's new, relevant links for our readers, courtesy of Alaska State Senate Majority: Governor fends off criticism over Alaska LNG, says oil companies back a bigger state role Gov. Bill Walker on Tuesday shot back at what he called "misstatements" about his pursuit of an Alaska-led gas project, decrying assertions by critics that he would force the leading North Slope oil producers to market gas by threatening to put them in default on their leases. Jahna Lindemuth is Alaska's new attorney general Gov. Bill Walker on Tuesday announced that Jahna [...]

By wpnorthern|2016-12-22T22:27:09-09:00June 29th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

6-28-16 ALASKA’S GOVERNOR: Clouds Of Suspicion Descend On Him As His True Motives Begin To Emerge

Is this the question everyone would like to ask? Alaska Governor Bill Walker. NGP Stock Photo by Dave Harbour. If Alaska's Governor Bill Walker were not conniving to convert Alaska into a sick, modern version of Hugo Chavez' socialist utopia, why would he be overspending, demonizing the state's biggest investors and seeming to move toward a takeover of various oil & gas leases and transportation and distribution systems? -dh Anchorage Daily Planet Editorial: Disaster in the making? Added by Editor on June 27, [...]

By wpnorthern|2016-12-22T22:27:10-09:00June 28th, 2016|Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Arctic Policy, Commentary, Competition, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Government Waste, Interior Energy Project (IEP), Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments

6-27-16 Four Ways The New Panama Canal Will Change The World

Change the world, yes. But how will it affect Alaska's LNG Project? MAERSK shipping is one of the great transport support companies in the world. Its Panama Canal story BELOW could be read as an advertisement. Bill Walker, Governor of Alaska. NGP file photo by Dave Harbour. However, we read it as a documentary on how competition for an Alaska LNG project has just increased. Larger draft vessels transporting LNG from the Gulf coast and abroad through the new/improved Canal will have cheaper access to Alaska's natural Asian [...]

By wpnorthern|2016-12-22T22:27:10-09:00June 27th, 2016|Alaskanomics, Arctic Policy, Commentary, Competition, LNG|0 Comments

6-26-16 30-40 Energy Protesters Claim Top CBC Attention

Comment: We guess that if 30-40 protesters gathered outside the offices of any Canadian environmental organizations or took a pro-free enterprise march around Toronto Island Park, nary a CBC reporter or editor would care.... -dh CBC. ... The group set out on May 28 from Amqui, Que., on the Peoples' (Sounds like Mao, doesn't it? -dh) March for Mother Earth, a 785-kilometre trek that hopes to send a message of protest against oil and gas exploration in the region. The projects the group opposes include: The Chaleur Terminal project, a plan to build a three-kilometre pipeline [...]

By wpnorthern|2016-06-26T19:44:04-09:00June 26th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

6-25-16 Special Saturday Report: Alaska State Budget Perspectives

We present this early Saturday report for our readers who might otherwise miss it over the weekend You won't see this side-by-side review anywhere else! On the one hand, we have accomplished Oil & Gas attorney, Brad Keithley, describing his view of how the budget has been manipulated to reflect more cost cutting than has actually occurred. On the other hand, Alaska State Representative, Mark Neuman, House Finance Co Chairman, describes significant budget cuts that have been made along with the budget process. We think our sophisticated readers will gain much [...]

By wpnorthern|2016-12-22T22:27:10-09:00June 25th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

6-24-16 According to EPA: Plowing A Farm Is Polluting

Yesterday we focused on Federal overreach. Last night former RDC Executive Director Paula Easley sent us this fresh example wherein a farmer is denied the right to plow his field because it is a 'polluting activity'. Read more below. Plowing is polluting? Wheat farmer loses clean water case Defending Agriculture Judge finds attempt to grow wheat is violation of Clean Water Act Published on: June 23, 2016 Judge Kimberly Mueller on June 10, 2016 in the U.S. Eastern District Court of California found that John Duarte, a nursery [...]

By wpnorthern|2016-12-22T22:27:10-09:00June 24th, 2016|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Global Warming, Rule Of Law|0 Comments

6-23-16 Federal Overreach Is Officially Court-Scorned

BREAKING NEWS TODAY: Compare With Related Federal Lawlessness Documented Below Washington, D.C. – Today, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held an oversight hearing on the lack of enforcement and accountability from the Obama Administration in response to a growing number of reports of unethical and criminal conduct at the Department of the Interior (DOI). More here, including witness testimony.... Pacific Legal Foundation's Supreme Court Victories Over Federal Overreach Read Here Federal Judge Kills Fed Fracking Regs By Victor Morton - The Washington Times - Tuesday, [...]

By wpnorthern|2016-12-22T22:27:10-09:00June 23rd, 2016|Alaskanomics, ANWR, Arctic Policy, Competition, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, Fracking, NPR-A, Ocean Policy, OCS, You Read It Here First|0 Comments

6-22-16 Alaska Considers Socializing Gas/LNG Project.

Alaska Public Media re: Alaska Considering Full Ownership Of Energy Project Gov. Bill Walker’s administration is considering major changes to the Alaska LNG project, the effort to build a massive natural gas pipeline from the North Slope. State officials said today the administration is considering increasing Alaska’s stake in the project — or even taking over ownership completely. ... Read more here. Keith Meyer started work as president of the state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corporation last week. In an interview today, he said if the state increases its ownership, it would look for outside [...]

By wpnorthern|2016-12-22T22:27:10-09:00June 22nd, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

6-21-16 The Socialist Cabal Attacks Nuclear, et. al.

Wildrose blasts NDP over climate plan advertising, Calgary Herald ... per-capita greenhouse gas emissions in the fight against climate warming and to help the province win outside support for stalled pipeline projects ... NGP Readers: be aware that as the enviro-industrial-governmental cabal continues (i.e. via protests, confrontation, litigation, statute and regulation) to vilify and outlaw OCS activity, oil, pipelines, coal and nuclear energy projects, more reliance will fall on natural gas power generation. Now, the cabal is targeting nuclear but also natural gas. So when the inevitable market and political winds [...]

By wpnorthern|2016-12-22T22:27:10-09:00June 21st, 2016|Alaska Taxes, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Canadian Energy Policy, Commentary, Competition, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Progress, Fracking, Global Warming, Interior Energy Project (IEP), Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG, Mackenzie Valley Oil & Gas Pipelines, OCS|0 Comments

6-19-16 Alaska’s Governor Calls 5th Special Session

Bill Walker, Governor of Alaska. NGP file photo by Dave Harbour. Commentary: This afternoon, Alaska Governor Bill Walker called for a 5th Special Legislative Session to deal with the State's fiscal crisis: Here is the proclamation. /// See his video press conference here. We believe Walker may also be creating for himself a political crisis, for several reasons: The proclamation puts back on the table all of the most controversial issues rejected during earlier sessions: Use of the state's permanent fund earnings for government operations and a broad [...]

By wpnorthern|2016-12-22T22:27:11-09:00June 19th, 2016|Alaska Taxes, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Competition, Interior Energy Project (IEP), Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, You Read It Here First|0 Comments

6-18-16 PLF: Our Unsung (Enough) Heroes

In Praise Of The Pacific Legal Foundation We deeply appreciate the work of the Pacific Legal Foundation. The precedents for which it is responsible are not restricted to the adjudicated case in question, but, rather apply to the improved environment in which all natural resource industries operate. So on this day, we celebrate the PLF heroes whose praises are not enough sung. Scroll down for the latest PLF report. Dave Harbour Publisher, Northern Gas Pipelines On June 15, PLF D.C. Center Executive Director Todd Gaziano joined Paul J. Larkin Jr. [...]

By wpnorthern|2016-12-22T22:27:11-09:00June 18th, 2016|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Federal Progress, Ocean Policy|0 Comments

5-17-16 Daunting Federal OCS and Oil State Budget Challenges

From Dan Kish at the Institute for Energy Research comes this comment (i.e. below left) on the federal government's consideration of its 2017-2022 5-year leasing plan. The IER analysis carefully addresses nationwide concerns about access to federal lands/waters for energy exploration and production. Since Alaska is such a huge component of federally managed OCS resources, IER correctly recognizes Alaska's potential: ...there has been far greater leasing in the Gulf of Mexico than the Alaska OCS and as a result the reserve estimates have nearly sextupled in the Gulf of Mexico while remaining [...]