Alaska gas authority gets federal funding

Legislators OK $200,000; work to include in-state benefits study

Larry Persily

Petroleum News Juneau Correspondent

Legislators have approved a governor’s office request to use $200,000 in one-time federal funding for the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority to hire consultants as it tries to answer whether the state should build and own an estimated $12 billion liquefied natural gas project. The Legislative....

    [additional news subjects in this story]

Natural Resources Department will help

In-state benefits analysis on work list

$200,000 is enough to start

Authority will need more money next year