Auditors recommend sunset for ANGDA 12/26/2010
Agency argues its record of working for the consumer, tells LBandA it brings a unique perspective to the state's gas line issues
The Alaska Legislature's Division of Legislative Audit has completed a performance audit of the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority for the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee, and recommends...

Cook Inlet LNG for needle peaking only 12/05/2010
Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority contractor Tony Izzo tells board there is no plan to import all gas needed in Southcentral
At Nov. 10 Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority board meeting, Tony Izzo, an ANGDA contractor working with the gas supply co-op, said there is some misunderstanding about how liquefied natural gas...

Several options and a big cost range 10/24/2010
Heinze reviews the various ideas for delivering and using North Slope gas inside Alaska, to support the state's own energy needs
While gas supplies in Southcentral Alaska from the Cook Inlet basin tighten and energy prices in Interior Alaska mushroom, there remains a massive quantity of natural gas on the North Slope, waiting f...

Benson reappointed to ANGDA board 10/10/2010
Gov. Sean Parnell has reappointed Don Benson of Palmer to the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority. Benson, the vice chairman of the ANGDA board, was appointed by Gov. Palin in early 2008. ANGDA...

ANGDA continues propane project work 09/26/2010
The Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority is continuing to work on its proposal to pull propane from Prudhoe Bay natural gas and truck it south. The project would be a partnership between ANGDA, wo...

NGSC sees itself as a keystone 09/19/2010
ANGDA-backed Natural Gas Supply Co. hopes to play many roles in the Cook Inlet energy market, could announce deal soon
Government and industry generated many ideas this year for fixing what ails the Cook Inlet energy market, but one hasn't gotten much attention: the Natural Gas Supply Co. The Alaska Natural Gas Develo...

Possible FERC legal conflict for ANGDA 09/12/2010
Participation on Alaska Gasline Development Corp. team questioned because of proposed role as shipper on interstate, bullet lines
Because the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority is bidding for pipeline capacity in interstate gas pipeline open seasons this year, and has expressed an intention to bid for capacity on a propose...

Parnell names Koch to ANGDA board 09/05/2010
Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell has named Rick Koch of Kenai to fill one of two empty seats on the seven-member board of the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority. In an Aug. 30 announcement the governor...

ANGDA has placed bid 08/08/2010
While TransCanada will not announce bidders in the Alaska Pipeline Project open season until after precedent agreements are signed, one entity said it put in a bid for capacity for in-state gas transp...

Multiple bids received in open season 08/08/2010
TransCanada's Tony Palmer describes initial open season bids as from 'major industry players and others for significant volumes'
It was question which evoked thoughts of a worst-case scenario: what if the AGIA-licensed Alaska Pipeline Project got no bids in its initial open season? According to the terms of the Alaska Gasline...

ANGDA works on open season gas line bid 06/27/2010
Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority steps away from EIS, rights of way, for Beluga to Fairbanks gas line; hands over to AGDC
The Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority board took two significant votes at its June 23 meeting in Fairbanks: It authorized Chief Executive Officer Harold Heinze to bid for natural gas capacity i...

Fauske optimistic on in-state gas line 05/16/2010
Says project faces solvable economic challenges and that he has an open mind on finding solutions; state will likely need to help
Financing will be the key to success when it comes to building an in-state pipeline for bringing North Slope gas to Southcentral Alaska, Dan Fauske, CEO of the Alaska Housing Finance Corp., told the A...

Gas supply search ongoing for SC Alaska 05/16/2010
ANGDA continues to help find ways of filling gaps in short term natural gas deliverability and longer term supplies for Southcentral
Electric utilities in Southcentral Alaska have three main concerns when it comes to the continuity of natural gas supplies, Tony Izzo, a contractor for the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority, to...

State's in-state gas efforts reorganized 04/25/2010
House Bill 369, reorganizing the state's in-state gas pipeline efforts, passed April 18 and went to the governor April 21. The most recent fiscal note for the bill is for $15.64 million in fiscal year...

House does turnaround on decoupling 04/25/2010
Initially defeated 19 to 21, SB 305 then passed 23 to 17; Stedman pushed passage over concern that combined tax would cost state
Decoupling oil and gas taxes in advance of an AGIA open season scheduled to begin May 1 was a top priority for Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, co-chair of Senate Finance, in the just-concluded session of...

Chenault, McGuire, merge in-state bills 04/18/2010
Team to plan small line for North Slope gas to be headed by AHFC; Alaska Railroad board chairman included; standalone team, ANGDA
Competing House and Senate bills designed to focus efforts to create an in-state gas pipeline merged April 12 in the Senate Resources Committee with passage of a substitute for House Bill 369. The bil...

Legislature working in-state gas issue 03/28/2010
House, Senate bills alternately set up in-state gas team in governor's office under AFHC, move in-state line to Alaska Railroad
With supplies of natural gas tightening in Southcentral Alaska - and Fairbanks in need of a more reasonably priced fuel than diesel - concern has been growing about how long it is likely to take a maj...