Name: Bill Hill: when the spring fuel barge showed up in my hometown in Naknek this summer, we went from paying $6.70 a gallon for gasoline to almost $9 a gallon for gasoline. We were paying $4.25 a gallon for heating fuel this spring, and we're now paying over double that.
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Description: when the spring fuel barge showed up in my hometown in Naknek this summer, we went from paying $6.70 a gallon for gasoline to almost $9 a gallon for gasoline. We were paying $4.25 a gallon for heating fuel this spring, and we're now paying over double that.

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Bill Hill

17:12 - 17:31

“when the spring fuel barge showed up in my hometown in Naknek this summer, we went from paying $6.70 a gallon for gasoline to almost $9 a gallon for gasoline. We were paying $4.25 a gallon for heating fuel this spring, and we're now paying over double that.”

Speaker: Bill Hill
Timestamp: 17:12 – 17:31
Transcript: Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - Federal Candidates
Community: Alaska News
Location: Fairbanks
Captured at: October 8, 2026

From the transcript

Well, I'll start with, you know, when the spring fuel barge showed up in my hometown in Naknek this summer, we went from paying $6.70 a gallon for gasoline to almost $9 a gallon for gasoline. We were paying $4.25 a gallon for heating fuel this spring, and we're now paying over double that.

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