Name: Matt Kissinger: they fill out the whole book of how much equity needs to be raised, and then they have to wait. They have to wait up to six months while we make a decision of whether we're going to back in and push them out of 25% of their investment, which is a real disadvantage to those investors. They have to tie up that capital with a slight bit of uncertainty.
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Description: they fill out the whole book of how much equity needs to be raised, and then they have to wait. They have to wait up to six months while we make a decision of whether we're going to back in and push them out of 25% of their investment, which is a real disadvantage to those investors. They have to tie up that capital with a slight bit of uncertainty.

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Matt Kissinger

15:46 - 16:22

"they fill out the whole book of how much equity needs to be raised, and then they have to wait. They have to wait up to six months while we make a decision of whether we're going to back in and push them out of 25% of their investment, which is a real disadvantage to those investors. They have to tie up that capital with a slight bit of uncertainty."

“they fill out the whole book of how much equity needs to be raised, and then they have to wait. They have to wait up to six months while we make a decision of whether we're going to back in and push them out of 25% of their investment, which is a real disadvantage to those investors. They have to tie up that capital with a slight bit of uncertainty.”

Speaker: Matt Kissinger
Timestamp: 15:46 – 16:22
Source: Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 4, 2026 1:30pm
Community: Alaska News
Location: Alaska
Captured at: June 4, 2026

From the transcript

Think the global infrastructure funds, retirement funds, pension funds, et cetera, they come to the table, they fill out the whole book of how much equity needs to be raised, and then they have to wait. They have to wait up to six months while we make a decision of whether we're going to back in and push them out of 25% of their investment, which is a real disadvantage to those investors. They have to tie up that capital with a slight bit of uncertainty. And this is why the six months, because people have asked us why not longer than six months? This is really one of those reasons.

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