2-18-10 After the ‘Moratoria Report’

"After the Oil and Gas Moratoria Report...." Notes From: Dave Harbour, NARUC commissioner Emeritus, reporting from Washington D.C.  (See Related Stories Over the Next Week, latest) Monday, a Study Group composed of regulatory commissioners, consultants, government and university economists and non-profit association sponsors met to deliver their energy research report, responding to a National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) resolution issued in July 2007 (our earlier story), entitled, "Developing Reliable Research Regarding the Social, Economic and Environmental Effects of Maintaining Domestic Energy Exploration and Production Moratoria On and Beneath Federal Lands."  The forum [...]

By |2016-11-02T22:27:26-09:00February 18th, 2010|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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National Study Reveals Consequences of Restrictions on Domestic Energy Exploration

 NARUC Gas Committee Receives Final Report Detailing Oil/Gas Moratoria Impacts   WASHINGTON— A public/private Study Group today reported to the nation’s State utility regulators in Washington that its By Daniel Whitten Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Restrictions on oil and gas drilling will cost the U.S. economy $2.36 trillion through 2029.... Dave Harbour, a retired commissioner of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, who helped oversee the study, said the calculation of lost GDP was based on the contribution the untapped oil and gas revenues would make .... research has identified trillions [...]

By |2016-03-13T02:46:40-09:00February 15th, 2010|Commentary|0 Comments
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2-7-10 Environmental Attacks Threaten Canadian and Alaskan Arctic Activity

See how Alaska's own government threatens Arctic investment! See today's Alaska Dispatch story on Alaska tax issues. 1.  Mackenzie Delta.  CBC News.  An environmental review panel's recommendation to impose noise limits on any Mackenzie Valley pipeline facilities built inside a bird sanctuary could scuttle the $16.2-billion project, its backers have told the National Energy Board.  Globe and Mail Story.   2.  National Petroleum Reserve Alaska.  (Note:  We observe that Alaskan officials are rightfully upset at the Federal actions below--beyond their control--that deter investment in the State.  We also observe that [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:50:47-09:00February 8th, 2010|Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction, NPR-A|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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2-4-2010 “I don’t do vision statements very well.” (Gas Pipeline Federal Coordinator) – We Comment on Legislators’ Criticism of Alliance Effort to Save Alaska

1.  ADN.  On Tuesday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski asked Larry Persily (NGP Photo), the president's nominee to be federal coordinator of the Alaska gas line project, how he would apply his knowledge of oil and gas through a "federal lens." "I just deal in reality," Persily said. "I don't do vision statements very well."  (Commentary:  Good answer, Larry.  Too many are speculating; too few are speaking with restraint based on facts. - dh) Representative Les Gara, Anchorage, Alaska. Northern Gas Pipelines File Photo by Dave Harbour (Added post-publication of story) [...]

By |2017-02-26T02:29:12-09:00February 4th, 2010|ACES, Alaska's Fiscal Crisis, Alaskanomics, Commentary|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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American/Alaskan Economy and Citizens Are Endangered Species!

Comment.  Yesterday, the world heard that the U.S. Minerals Management Service (MMS) had conditionally approved Shell Oil Company's 2010 Chukchi Sea Plan of Exploration.  Amid the celebrating, however, one notes that the Federal Administration strategy to invoke death by a thousand cuts is alive and well.  For example, while MMS conditionally approves, the Environmental Protection Agency still dallies and evades a timely granting of an air quality permit--which can still stop Shell's multi-billion dollar investment in Alaska's OCS.  (To her credit, Senator Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo) responded that, "Shell Oil is in [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:57:26-09:00December 8th, 2009|Arctic Policy, Commentary, Federal Obstruction, OCS|0 Comments
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More on Climate Change Hysteria

Houston Chronicle (12/2) reports, “Lawmakers on Wednesday began examining an array of ways to combat global warming, amid signs that the carbon dioxide emissions trading plan known as cap-and-trade may be faltering in the Senate. “We need to dispense with this somewhat blind loyalty to economy-wide cap-and-trade,” said Sen. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo) of Alaska, one of a handful of Republicans who has signaled she might support a climate change bill. “We need to be encouraged to look to all of the alternatives, and, unfortunately, so many of them have just been [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:05:05-09:00December 3rd, 2009|Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal|0 Comments
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ANGDA Hosts Two Useful Energy Events – CIRI Wind Moves Ahead Despite Backdraft – Salazar Announces Lease Sales

1.  Last Friday, Chairman Mary Ann Pease (NGP Photo-r) conducted a Commonwealth North Energy Action Coalition meeting to hear a thorough briefing by the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative's (AVEC) Meera Kohler (NGP Photo-l).  The briefing occurred at the offices of the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority (ANGDA).   AVEC serves 7,500 facilities with 78 employees and 95 village technicians in 53 villages covering a population of 22,000 comprising what would be Alaska's 4th largest city after Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau.  The AVEC customers comprise 44% of Alaska's village citizens.  Contributing to [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:57:26-09:00November 24th, 2009|Alternate Energy|0 Comments
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11-18-09 NARUC ISSUES DRILLING MORATORIA REPORT – OFFICIALS DEBATE AGIA IN FAIRBANKS

Fairbanks News Miner, by Christopher Eshleman.  State officials said Tuesday night that efforts to spur construction of a massive natural gas pipeline are on schedule despite skepticism from critics and some lawmakers.  The plan, pitched by former Gov. Sarah Palin under the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act, is projected to have drawn $150 million in investments from the team of TransCanada and Exxon Mobil by mid-summer, according to an October progress report. *     *     * National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) 121st Convention, Chicago, Ill.  Monday, Gas [...]

By |2016-09-22T21:30:10-09:00November 18th, 2009|Arctic Policy, Federal Obstruction, Fracking, NPR-A, Ocean Policy|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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Governor Sean Parnell and NEB Chairman Gaétan Caron: Resource Development Council for Alaska Releases “Who’s Who In Northern Energy/Resources” Agenda

Register Before Seats Disappear!     With Governor Sean Parnell (NGP Photo-l) and National Energy Board Chairman Gaétan Caron (NGP Photo-r), RDC Conference Features Energy Who's Who.     RDC’s 30th Annual Conference Agenda (as of 10/20/09) Alaska Resources 2010   November 18-19 Dena'ina Civic & Convention Center Wednesday – November 18th   8:00 Opening Remarks Governor Sean Parnell The North Slope: 2010 Forecast John Mingé, President, BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. Ken Sheffield, President, Pioneer Natural Resources Alaska (NGP Photo-r) Helene Harding, Vice President, North Slope Operations, ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. David Moles, Vice President Operations and [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:02:11-09:00October 23rd, 2009|NEB|0 Comments
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Big Chance To Weigh In On Future Of Alaska’s Economy and Lifestyle! In Canada, Government Delay is Also Part of the Problem

  Regulatory Delay And The One Project-One Assessment Proposal By Marie H. Buchinski, Kelsey J. Drozdowski, and Celeste M. Hutchinson In Canada, the federal, provincial and territorial governments have assumed a role in the development and operation of various energy projects, particularly those that have the potential to impact the environment. This separation of jurisdiction between the levels of government, arising in part from the division of powers under the Constitution Act, 1867, has demonstrably contributed to regulatory delays regarding project approvals because of the sometimes difficult task of coordinating the [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:58:37-09:00October 14th, 2009|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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10-12-2009. Beware Beelzebub’s Enticements! With Sen. Lindsey Graham Caving In and NOAA Weighing In, the Cumulative Attack On Alaska-US OCS Domestic Energy Gains Momentum!

Two Federal agency threats to our way of life require our letters TODAY.  Please write, and send us a copy here. LA Times, by Jim Tankersley and Josh Meyer. The federal government's top ocean scientists are urging the Interior Department to drastically reduce plans to open the coast to offshore oil and gas drilling, citing threats to marine life and potentially devastating effects of oil spills in Arctic waters. The recommendations by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are informal and not binding. But if adopted, they would restrict development in some [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:43:42-09:00October 12th, 2009|Commentary, Enviro-Industrial-Governmental Cabal, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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