Chris Rose
48:25 - 49:16
“I think it's very unlikely that the utilities that have relied on natural gas in the Southern Rail Belt are going to have any other opportunity to replace that natural gas but for importing it.”
- Speaker
- Chris Rose
- Timestamp
- 48:25 – 49:16
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 23, 2026
From the transcript
From what I'm hearing and reading, I think it's very unlikely that the utilities that have relied on natural gas in the Southern Rail Belt are going to have any other opportunity to replace that natural gas but for importing it. We are seeing right now, uh, and STAR talking about shortages this coming winter depending on how cold it is. So we're, we're now, you know, in a, in a period where we definitely have a shortage of gas in south-central Alaska. And of course, heating, with the winter coming up, is a primary focus for using that gas. And what we have been saying for some time at REAP is, let's displace a lot of that gas we're using for generation of electricity and save that and have that on hand.
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