Cumulative Federal Actions Threaten Alaska and the Nation!

Updates to "cumulative effects": 03-15-10.  Governor Sean Parnell's (NGP Photo) Battles with the Federal Government 12-23-09.  Sullivan and Young Fight Beluga Designation 12-08-09.  Alaskan and American Consumers are Endangered Species 12-16-09.  Council on Environmental Quality Interim Framework for Marine Spatial Planning (Ocean Policy). EDITORIAL AND CALL TO ACTION: DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS Dateline, Biloxi, by Dave Harbour.   Last week I editorialized about how current  Washington attacks on domestic energy are cumulative, and threaten the economies of Alaska and the country.  This week, I appeared before the IOGCC (Scroll down to see [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:00:26-09:00October 8th, 2009|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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Alaska North Slope Propane Project: Energy Lifesaver for Rural and Urban Alaska?

Commentary and News: ANS Propane Could Be the Biggest Story of 2009! by Dave Harbour, NGP Publisher If there is an opportunity, I will invest some of my retirement savings on a state agency's impressive orchestration of a solid, public-private partnership designed to make North Slope Liquid Propane Gas Available to Alaska consumers at reasonable but not subsidized prices.   Mary Ann Pease, (NGP Photo), an Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority (ANGDA) consultant, said yesterday that a large, two-day business meeting in the ANGDA offices last Thursday and Friday resulted in her [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:57:24-09:00September 29th, 2009|Commentary, You Read It Here First|0 Comments
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Chuck Webber Passes….

We again exercise our point of personal privilege by noting with sadness the passing of our long-time friend, Chuck Webber.  Chuck was always an advocate of free enterprise as we shared leadership with the Anchorage Chamber and he went on to become Commissioner of Commerce for Alaska.  Needless to say, we spend many pleasant hours over many cups of coffee and meals discussing economic development philosophies in general and gas pipeline mode and routing alternatives in particular.  ADN did a good job summarizing his history and accomplishments here.  One Chamber [...]

By |2016-03-13T03:58:40-09:00September 28th, 2009|Personal|0 Comments
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Ring The OCS Alarm Bells … TODAY!

OCS Alarm Bells Are Ringing Today - Please Go To the Library To Support our Nation and to Save Alaska's Economy!  Our Readers Around the Country Should Send Written Comment.  Scroll to the bottom for instructions. Dave Harbour Commentary KTUU Story and Harbour Blog   Today when I read about this little advertised hearing, I began putting together Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) events and circumstances over the last six months and have concluded Alaska could lose OCS.  If so, barring ANWR, gas pipeline or another huge oil strike, Alaska could [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:07:16-09:00September 25th, 2009|Commentary, Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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Weekend News Doesn’t Wait Until Monday!

Governor Parnell Meets National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo: Does our Mutual Future Portend More Than Fish and Tourism? (Commentary)     *     More on Enstar Last Chance to Comment on OCS Leasing Before 9-21 Deadline... ...and we prepare for next week's Oil and Gas Congress!   NGP Commentary.  Your author drove to the Hilton Anchorage on Saturday to witness a rare event in the great, second-floor ballroom.  The leader of the People's Republic of China, National People's Congress, Chairman Wu Bangguo (NGP Photo-r), traveling with an entourage of about 120--plus [...]

By |2021-03-18T09:11:34-09:00September 13th, 2009|AGDC, China, Commentary, Interstate Gas, LNG|0 Comments
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We Alert America: Obama’s Ocean Policy Task Force Could Benefit Russia and Canada at America’s Expense!

Commentary:  As Canadian and Russian forces are seeking to claim and protect their oil and gas rich Arctic territory, our President seems intent on regulating America away from a 'seat at the table'.   Alaskans have joined other Americans in responding to Interior Secretary Salazar's (NGP Photo) call for comments regarding his Minerals Management Service (MMS) 2010-15 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease sale plan.  The preponderance of comment seems to favor more exploration and  drilling, under America's safe and demanding regulatory process; most Americans support decreased reliance on foreign suppliers and increased domestic production [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:09:15-09:00August 26th, 2009|Federal Obstruction|0 Comments
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Regulatory Commission Should Know When to Hold ’em, Know When to Fold ’em, Know When to Walk Away and Know When to Run

In yesterday's blog, we urged the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) to repudiate its chaos-causing, 2006 rejection of the APL-5 Enstar-Marathon long-term gas supply agreement, to fall back on its 2001 Unocal gas supply agreement approval precedent as an appropriate 'standard of review' and to reasonably and timely approve current and future gas/power supply agreements between utilities and gas/power providers on a case by case basis.  Your author was tied up with conference calls yesterday but a loyal reader briefed us on the RCA public meeting.  To set the stage, readers should know that RCA [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:07:16-09:00July 30th, 2009|Commentary|0 Comments
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7-20-09 Dave Harbour Addresses Regulatory Commissioners in Seattle; Much Action Back Home and in Canada!

Energy Regulators from the U.S., Canada, Mexico and beyond meet for the NARUC summer conference in Seattle today and NGP Publisher Dave Harbour addresses luncheon gathering. This morning at the Westin Hotel, assembled commissioners--including members of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska--are hearing FERC Chairman, Jon Wellinghoff, Mexican Energy Regulating Commission President, Francisco Xavier Salazar Diez de Sollano, and Canadian National Energy Board Chairman Gaetan Caron (NGP Photo, 9-07, middle, with Alaska Revenue Commissioner Pat Galvin  (left) and Dave Harbour) discuss energy policies at the gathering of some 800 Commissioners, staff , and other [...]

By |2018-04-28T06:28:22-09:00July 20th, 2009|Federal Obstruction, Intrastate Gas, NARUC, NEB|0 Comments
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Scroll down to interesting commentary on WIND POWER and the Southcentral Alaska energy crisis!

7-13-09 (Weekend and Monday News & Comment).   PNA.  Cook Inlet Region Inc. said June 30 that it has received key permits for a proposed wind farm on Fire Island near Anchorage.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved permit applications for Wind Energy Alaska’s Fire Island wind farm and related electricity transmission infrastructure and the project is on track for startup in 2011, CIRI said in a statement.  The wind farm will provide commercial-scale renewable power in Southcentral Alaska.  (Comment:  This little wind project will be a historic diversification [...]

By |2016-03-13T04:07:16-09:00July 13th, 2009|Alternate Energy, Commentary|0 Comments
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