7-19-2011 Notes From the Road, Los Angeles with Gregory Boyce, Aubrey McClendon and Paul Wenger

  Commissioner Tony Clark, NARUC President NARUC PROGRAM We had the pleasure at noon today of introducing California Farm Bureau Federation President Paul Wenger and think our readers will find his presentation unusual and compelling:    Los Angeles, Ca. -- The NARUC program yesterday kicked off at the J.W. Marriott's Dimond Ballroom here with keynote presentations by Peabody Coal's Chairman and CEO Gregory Boyce (NGP Photo-L) and Chesapeake Energy's Aubrey McClendon (NGP Photo).  The two CEOs exposed the continuing tension between fossil fuel cousins: coal and natural gas. Boyce took the high road, [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:26-09:00July 19th, 2011|Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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Fairbanks Consumers Beware of Natural Gas Cost Decisions

Notes From The Road: Los Angeles We see many old friends and energy leaders at the meetings we attend with the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOCC) and the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC).  Earlier this summer we were with IOGCC in Bismarck, during the "Great 2011 Flood".  This week with NARUC in Los Angeles with "Carmageddon" erroneously predicted, and will hear from Paul Wenger, President of the California Farm Bureau Federation and from Aubrey McClendon, Chairman and CEO of Chesapeake Energy Company and Greg Boyce, Chairman and [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:00:28-09:00July 18th, 2011|Commentary, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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Remembering North Dakota

Yesterday, ADN's Becky Bohrer reported that lack of progress on AGIA pipeline is making lawmakers "Antsy". Remembering North Dakota by Dave Harbour While the main purpose for my trip to North Dakota was to attend the annual meeting of the Interstate Oil and Gas Association (IOGCC), I returned home with a nostalgic impression of how today's North Dakota represented yesterday's Alaska.  North Dakota is confident.  Alaska, as noted in the story link above, is 'antsy'. more coming....

By |2016-12-22T22:33:29-09:00July 4th, 2011|AGIA, Commentary, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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Notes From the Road, Day Eight In North Dakota: Admiring North And South Dakota Governors and Alaska Citizens Who Defended Alaska Last Night!

Governor Sean Parnell Tells Washington Journalists of Plan to Boost Alaska Oil Production To 1 Million Barrels/day. Julie Hasquet of Senator Mark Begich's Office and Megan Hermann of Senator Lisa Murkowski's Energy Committee office Provided This Link To Pipeline Throughput Study Shell's Marvin Odum Optimistic About Arctic, reports AP's Dan Joling USGS Boosts Estimate of Cook Inlet Oil and Gas, reports ADN's Erika Bolstadt (Written en route from Bismarck to Anchorage...IOGCC stories and photos will appear here.  -dh) Alaskans Turned Out Last Night To Defend Alaska's Future!  Soldiers From International Environmental [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:43-09:00June 30th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Notes From the Road, Reader Comment|0 Comments
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TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT! – Notes From the Road, Day Eight In North Dakota: Oil and Gas Commissioners Hear From Four Governors

Come EAT, DRINK and TESTIFY at the Chukchi hearing today, June 29th at 5:30 p.m. at the Loussac Library. Fill out a comment card and enjoy a hot dog and drink before the hearing. The hearing itself will begin at 7 p.m.  If you can't attend the Anchorage event today, you can EASILY file an electronic comment here! We have been very respectful of the commitment by some elected officials to fight for Alaska's future by participating in these hearings.  This particular one could establish a record for federal decision making that will result [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:43-09:00June 29th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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Notes From the Road, Day Seven In North Dakota: Visiting the Antelope Valley Power Plant and Dakota Gasification Plant, A Powerful Combination!

 ...more 'Notes from the road' and photos coming.  Today we are attending meetings in Bismarck with the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. Yesterday, we urged all readers, including elected officials, to become actively involved in tomorrow night's BOEMRE hearing that could well determine Alaska's future.  It is of such importance, I sense that any other legislative activity is virtually moot or meaningless next to the priority of attending a hearing whose record could result in a sustained, Alaskan economy.  Today, we are delighted to provide readers with the copy of [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:43-09:00June 28th, 2011|Commentary, Federal Obstruction, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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Notes From the Road, Day Six In North Dakota – WEDNESDAY IS A BIG DAY – Has Alaska’s Real Estate Market Really Escaped The Denali Gas Pipeline Loss?

ADN Op-Ed by Chris Stephens (NGP Photo).  Our commercial real estate market is plagued by uncertainty for the second year. The causes of that uncertainty include the national recession, questions over the prospects for construction of a gas pipeline from the North Slope to the Lower 48, delays in Shell Oil's efforts to explore the Chukchi Sea, and pessimism about future oil company investment in the face of North Slope production declines.  The Legislature's inconclusive debate this past session about reducing oil taxes to stimulate production created additional uncertainty.  Recent news that the [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:44-09:00June 27th, 2011|Commentary, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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Notes From The Road, Day Four: Bismarck Scenes

Notes From The Road, Day Four: More on Williston and the Trip Home by Dave Harbour (Yes, we skipped day three because most of that day was spent back in the Bismarck hotel room writing, preparing client reports and editing photos.  -dh) Yesterday, I ran out of gas before completing the entry, so let's begin with our meeting with Tanya Vachal (NGP Photo), Williston's North Dakota Job Service Guru: a dedicated professional determined to help her hundreds of job seeking clients.   As you read in an earlier entry, this [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:44-09:00June 25th, 2011|Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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Notes From the Road, Day Two – Is Alaska Losing or Has It Lost Its Competitive Edge?

  Notes From The Road, Day Two: Williston to Bismarck by Dave Harbour Comment:  In the stories below, one is left shaking one's head.  The Alaska State Senate has refused to support Governor Sean Parnell's call for tax reform leading to more oil and gas investment on state lands.  At the same time, Alaska's U.S. Senators are calling for the Administration to improve a sour federal land investment climate steming from restrictive regulatory policies.  The adult in the room wants to say, why don't the state and federal decision makers [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:44-09:00June 24th, 2011|Alaska Taxes, Commentary, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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Notes From the Road, Day One – N.D. Reminds Me Of What America/Alaska Used To Be, Still Could Be — We Should Seek Balance

Dan Joling of the AP reports Alaska officials are Thrilled with Cook Inlet Lease Sale.  Could this be light at the end of a slow-development tunnel--or a sign that producers now believe the Regulatory Commission of Alaska will not unreasonably disapprove gas sales agreements to utilities as it did in 2006-7?  -dh Help Alaska Continue To Produce Energy For the Country While Invigorating the National Economy! Notes From the Road, Day 1: Bismarck to Williston by Dave Harbour Yesterday, I was visiting oil industry folks in Bismarck, and today am [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:33:44-09:00June 23rd, 2011|Commentary, Notes From the Road|0 Comments
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Commissionners Focus On Consumer Energy Isssues

At 9 a.m. today,  Members of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) will focus on consumer energy issues, hearing from companies and organizations serving virtually all American citizens, companies, governments and utility rate payers.  The forum will occur in NARUC's Gas committee agenda.   While the program today was organized under the leadership of  the Committee's Chairman, Commissioner O'Neal Hamilton of South Carolina.  Yesterday, NARUC honored Hamilton as 'Chairman Emeritus' in conjunction with California Commissioner Timothy Simon's appointment as Gas Committee Chairman during the coming year.  Commissioners Colette Honorable [...]

By |2016-12-22T22:34:27-09:00November 15th, 2010|Commentary, Notes From the Road, Personal|0 Comments
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