Propane Conference Could Preview Cheaper Rural Fuel Costs

(HB 110 Passed the House Last Night: 22 Republicans Plus Nome Democrat Neal Foster Voted Yes, While All Other Democrats Plus Kodiak Republican Alan Austerman Voted Against Improving Alaska's Investment Climate.  Now On To The More Stubborn, Pro-Tax Senate.  See Christopher Eshleman's News Miner Report.  See Juneau Empire Editorial, John Meyer.  -dh) Follow-Up Propane Report by Dave Harbour (Original Report Here) Yesterday, representatives of various propane industries throughout the U.S. and Canada met to discuss the potential of a massive Alaska North Slope (ANS) propane extraction and marketing program.  Alaskan representatives [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:11:16-09:00April 1st, 2011|Alaska Taxes, Propane|0 Comments
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Yesterday, Anchorage Hosts Huge Pro-Investment Climate Rally

Comment.  Yesterday, a dozen non-profit organizations representing most of Alaska's population gathered a thousand citizens to support the investment climate sentiment behind HB 110 that would modify the state's onerous oil tax policy.  State Chamber of Commerce President Rachael Petro (NGP Photo-L) introduced Senator Lesil McGuire (NGP Photo).  McGuire was followed by Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo) who energized the audience with a compelling call to action.  Skagway tourism Guru Steve Hites (NGP Photo-L) completed the formal presentations with an empassioned plea for Alaskans to become educated, work together and avoid [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:59-09:00March 31st, 2011|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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Alaska’s House of Representatives Is Poised To Improve Alaska’s Investment Climate But the Senate Doubts, Like Thomas.

Anchorage readers can attend a rally-luncheon today aimed at improvement of Alaska's investment climate.  Almost 1,000 citizens are already registered  Information here!  Scroll down to read our stories over the last few days. Calgary Herald by Dave Cooper.  ...it is no secret the oilsands are a growing contributor to provincial coffers...CERI paints a picture of declining production and royalties from Alberta's natural gas industry for the rest of the decade, but sharply rising oilsands royalties....   (Alaska State Officials Take Note:  When Alberta increased its royalty take, revenue declined; when it reduced [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:59-09:00March 30th, 2011|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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Can Senator Mark Begich Turn The Tide of Federal Hostility?

Much more information and many photos from Monday's House Finance Hearing will be posted as soon as possible! Comment.  In this ADN story by Becky Bohrer, Senator Mark Begich (NGP Photo) seems convinced that constituent pressures arising from high gasoline prices will spur federal policies in Alaska's favor.  Since every single federal action involving Alaska natural resources in the last two years has been hostile and in some cases irreversibly debilitating, we hope current circumstances help Senator Begich turn these terrible policies on their ear!   *   Now headed for [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:59-09:00March 23rd, 2011|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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Plan For Tomorrow’s Hearing – Harbour’s Fairbanks News-Miner Op-Ed Today – Big “Make Alaska Competitive” Hearing Yesterday!

 Eat, Drink and Testify! Yesterday a reader alerted us that Senator Cathy Giessel (NGP Photo) and Representative Craig Johnson (NGP Photo-r) had both made floor speeches urging attendance of Legislators at tomorrow's hearing.  We compliment Senator Giessel and Representative Johnson and all of the other public officials whom we hope to see tomorrow night, STANDING UP FOR ALASKA!  Giessel speech video, Min. 32:15 to 34:26.  Johnson speech video, Min 41:48 to 42:45. What: BOEMRE Hearing, Proposed 2012-2017 OCS Leasing Program When: Tomorrow (Friday) Afternoon-Evening - 6 p.m. Pizza and Refreshments [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:34:17-09:00February 24th, 2011|Alaska Taxes, Arctic Policy, Federal Obstruction, OCS|0 Comments
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What’s Wrong With Alaska?

Billions of petroleum related investment dollars are flowing from Asia to Canada. Q.  What's wrong with Alaska? A.  It is among the most expensive operating environments in the world (i.e. labor, transportation, climate, transportation, remoteness to the markets).  It is mostly owned by the Federal government, with an Administration openly hostile to natural resource development.  Federal statutory, regulatory, leasing and taxing policies are volatile and threatening.  Alaska state petroleum taxes are the highest in the free world and unpredictable.  Alaska's government spending and income projections are unsustainable, mark of an [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:34:31-09:00September 7th, 2010|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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AOGA Reviews Alaska’s Investment Climate – Dr. Scott Goldsmith Adds Investment Climate Perspective

May 19, 2010 AOGA Luncheon Event Photos (More coming):   John Zager       Laurie Fagnani         Marilyn Crockett and Ken Sheffield       John Norman and Kevin Banks            Kara Moriarty and Bob Lynn Tanguy Libbrecht Lindsey Holmes   Jay Ramras               Drue Pearce     Tamara Sheffield

By |2016-03-13T03:57:26-09:00May 20th, 2010|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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3-18-2010 TODAY IS AN IMPORTANT ANNIVERSARY: 29 YEARS AGO TODAY, ALASKA’S LEADERS DEFINED FAIR SHARE OF OIL AND GAS REVENUES!

(Note: ADN's Richard Mauer reviews current oil/gas tax complexity while ADN's Rindi White reveals crippling tourism tax details and Alaska Dispatch's Rena Delbridge reports on tough going for tax policy.)  On This Day in 1981 Alaska Defined 'Fair Share' Commentary by Dave Harbour On March 18, 1981 the most unique gathering in Alaska's political history may have occurred when Republican Governor  Jay Hammond (NGP Photo with author, 6-2001) met with Senate President Jay Kerttula and House Speaker Jim Duncan (both democrats) along with a large array of other Republican and Democrat leaders, in [...]

By |2018-03-18T06:24:46-09:00March 18th, 2010|Alaska Taxes, Commentary|0 Comments
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Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other. -B. Franklin

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." G. Santayana (Photo) If you tax something, you get less of it. Alaska: "Essentially a third world government." -Frasier Institute Global Petroleum Survey Globe and Mail (3/12) reports, “The Alberta government is rolling back a royalty regime loathed by the province's all-important energy industry, in a bid to revive its political fortunes and lure oil and gas investment back into the province. After months of feeling the wrath of an industry chafing under a year-old royalty hike intended to give [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:00:28-09:00March 12th, 2010|Alaska Taxes|0 Comments
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2-5-10 Thursday in Anchorage was another big day for discussion of taxes and economics 101. Steve Hites and the investment-repelling cruise ship tax for breakfast. Dan Fagan and a blue ribbon panel debate petroleum tax policy over lunch.

  First, See Our Alaska Petroleum Tax Commentary From Yesterday Opinion: Two Tax Events Today Underscore Need for Legislative Action THIS YEAR! By Dave Harbour Yesterday's tax discussions kicked off with a 7:30 a.m. presentation at the Resource Development Council for Alaska (RDC) meeting by Steve Hites (NGP Photo), owner of the Skagway Streetcar Company.  Hites could easily qualify for the national speakers' circuit with his humorous and sardonic touches on history, current events and public policy.  (See speech text and video here.)   Hites recited the history of the Alaska [...]

By |2017-02-26T02:35:58-09:00February 5th, 2010|ACES, Alaska Taxes, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Commentary, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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12-28-09 All I Wanted For Christmas…. All I Want For This New Year….

On December 24, 2001 we wrote an editorial satirizing the human greed and mismanagement that was interfering with gas pipeline project advancement. In those days, Alaskan leaders and their supporters were engaged in the beginning of a decade-long fest of spending gluttony and tax increases to support self gratification of one generation at the expense of those to follow.     Leaders professed that because of the natural resource blessings graced on the state, those resources had almost mystical value on the world market, unaffected by a growing burden of [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:48:14-09:00December 28th, 2009|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Interstate Gas|0 Comments
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Are Alaskans “Citizens” or “Sovereigns”?

                                    Bill Walker is the sort of man I would like to have as a next door neighbor: kindly, thoughtful, a good listener, slow to anger, and, he loves Alaska.  Just because a person has attractive personal qualities, does not qualify him to dictate Alaska state policies.  If Bill were elected, be sure that he would do all within Alaska's "sovereign" power to dictate gas pipeline policy to the free market.  And, if [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:57:26-09:00October 26th, 2009|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Interstate Gas, Intrastate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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