Responses split on RCA storage authority 01/17/2010
CINGS request for declaratory ruling draws response: CEA, MLandP say storage should be regulated utility; Aurora, Marathon say not
There is unanimity on one thing: Third-party natural gas storage is needed in Cook Inlet. That was a theme running through responses received by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska when it asked for...

ExxonMobil joins critics of tariff hike 01/10/2010
ExxonMobil is among parties lodging concerns about Cook Inlet Pipe Line Co.'s steep tariff hike. Steven Serpati, on behalf of ExxonMobil, filed a brief public comment with the Regulatory Commission of...

FERC sets Alaska open season workshop 01/10/2010
Staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will hold an open season pre-filing workshop at the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage Jan. 12 from 1-5 p.m. FERC said the workshop wi...

RCA approves Cook Inlet line rate hike 01/03/2010
Cook Inlet Pipe Line's 259 percent increase subject to refund; firm rips objector; RCA invites oil producers, others, to challenge
The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has approved Cook Inlet Pipe Line Co.'s controversial 259 percent rate increase, at least temporarily, and invited oil producers or others to challenge it and possi...

Need regulatory clarity 01/03/2010
CINGS wants to know if RCA will regulate new Cannery Loop gas storage facility
Anxious to move forward with the development of a new natural gas storage facility in Alaska's Cook Inlet basin, to support declining winter utility gas deliverability, on Dec. 21 TransCanada subsidia...

Cook Inlet recovery act 12/27/2009
Alaska state Reps. Mike Hawker, R-Anchorage, and Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, said Dec. 22 that they will introduce legislation promoting Cook Inlet natural gas exploration, production, storage and deliv...

Energy Committee lays out draft bills 12/27/2009
Policy bill includes energy efficiency; omnibus bill includes Energy Department to give cabinet-level focus to Alaska energy issues
The Alaska House Special Committee on Energy is preparing two bills for introduction in next year's session of the Legislature: a state energy policy bill and an energy omnibus bill which incorporates...

Huge tariff increase 12/20/2009
Cook Inlet Pipe Line Co. cites Mount Redoubt damage for 259% hike; west side line runs 42 miles from Granite Point to Drift River
Citing damage from the erupting Mount Redoubt volcano, Cook Inlet Pipe Line Co. is seeking a steep rate increase from Alaska regulators. The company, a Chevron subsidiary, submitted a tariff of $14.57...

RCA holds workshop on gas storage issues 12/13/2009
Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage, Enstar, electric utilities, wrestle with how third-party storage should be regulated, role of RCA
Regulation of third-party natural gas storage is an issue which could hold up construction of such a facility in Southcentral Alaska. Third-party gas storage, with gas injected during warmer months an...

Cook Inlet gas pricing heading for Juneau? 11/22/2009
RCA responds to a legislators' state energy policy action that seeks regulatory clarity over the pricing of Cook Inlet utility gas
Could a hot potato in the form of guidelines for Cook Inlet utility natural gas pricing be heading for the Alaska Legislature? During a public meeting of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska on Nov. 12...

RCA to hold Enstar gas storage workshop 11/22/2009
Utility wants to ensure smooth process for certification of facility that is critical to meeting deliverability needs in 2011
The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has agreed to schedule a technical workshop in December to review plans being developed by Enstar Natural Gas Co. and Houston-based ANR Pipeline Co. for the develop...

Unifying the power grid 11/22/2009
Plan for Alaska Railbelt power generation and transmission company takes shape
The tight energy supply situation in Southcentral Alaska is reaching a point where some major decisions need to be made, given the increasing threat of a shortfall in the rate at which Cook Inlet natu...

The Explorers 2009: Cook Inlet basin 11/15/2009
Cook Inlet, a major sea inlet between the Kenai Peninsula and the mainland of Southcentral Alaska, lies over part of a deep sedimentary basin that has formed between the Kenai Mountains and the mounta...

FNG has gas contracted through May '13 11/15/2009
Fairbanks Natural Gas LLC told the Regulatory Commission of Alaska in October that the company has contracted for a three-year supply of natural gas from a Cook Inlet supplier. The contract will prov...

RCA OKs North Fork 11/15/2009
Commission gives green light to natural gas supply contract with Enstar
In what must be record time, driven presumably by growing concerns about tightening Southcentral Alaska utility gas supplies, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska issued a letter order Nov. 5, approvin...

Renewable energy investments recommended 11/08/2009
Draft report from Senate Resources, Energy committees also recommended 'staying the course' on AGIA state-supported gas project
The draft of a report on the state's energy situation, released Oct. 19 by members of the Alaska Senate energy policy group, provides a wide-ranging look at proposals from energy-efficient buildings t...

RCA to adopt net metering regulations 10/25/2009
New regulations provide incentive for investment in renewable electric generation, allowing consumers to put power into utilities
Renewable power generation may be coming to your neighborhood. And it may be built by your neighbor, thanks to proposed regulations that would require Alaska's largest utilities to allow hookups by su...

Are Cook Inlet gas supplies in crisis? 10/25/2009
As winter approaches, Chevron manager presents facts, figures about natural gas supply and demand in Southcentral Alaska
Natural gas has flowed out of the Cook Inlet basin with apparent ease for around 40 years, in some ways the life blood of Southcentral Alaska, firing heater furnaces, fueling power stations and suppor...

Enstar estimates pipeline costs for RCA 10/18/2009
Pipeline costs to hook up the North Fork gas field on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula to the Enstar Natural Gas Co. system are estimated at some $27.8 million, including $4.5 million for the portion to be fu...

Enstar fights to keep laundry overbilling snafu in tariff 10/11/2009
State, gas suppliers, politicians, ratepayers tell RCA company shouldn't be able to recover $5.7 million
The battle continues over who should bear the burden of Enstar Natural Gas Co.'s $5.7 million overbilling of the U.S. Department of Defense for natural gas deliveries. For several years Enstar's bill...

Railbelt crossroads 10/11/2009
Gas-dependent SC Alaska tries to determine how to meet energy needs
As the Municipality of Anchorage prepares for the possibility of natural gas shortages during the cold of the coming winter, shortages that would cause the electric utilities to activate contingency p...

Natural gas for consumers 09/27/2009
ANGDA works for our burner tips, not Chicago's, Heinze tells chamber
A lot of people are working on getting North Slope natural gas to Chicago and focused on the revenues the state will receive from commercializing Alaska's natural gas, Harold Heinze told the Anchorage...

North Fork's a go 09/27/2009
Pipelines will connect Kenai Peninsula field to Southcentral gas network
Armstrong Cook Inlet, operator of the North Fork unit in the southern Kenai Peninsula, has signed a contract with Enstar Natural Gas Co. for the supply of gas from North Fork into Enstar's Southcentra...

What price CI gas? 09/20/2009
RCA gleans views on breaking utility supply contract approval logjam
While concerns rise about whether natural gas supplies from Alaska's Cook Inlet basin will be able to keep up with local utility demand, especially during the depths of the winter, a debate continues...

RCA to hold conference on CI gas 09/13/2009
The Regulatory Commission of Alaska is holding a technical conference on Cook Inlet natural gas pricing, to address issues that have arisen in recent years regarding RCA approval of utility gas supply...