Erik Gunderson
26:04 - 26:44
"The removed language would have sunset the required RLC for the AVT 5 years after the final investment decision, also known as FID, on Phase 2. Modeling from Director Payne Painter and the Department of Revenue indicated this sunset would have effectively prevented any RLC from being paid on the AVT."
“The removed language would have sunset the required RLC for the AVT 5 years after the final investment decision, also known as FID, on Phase 2. Modeling from Director Payne Painter and the Department of Revenue indicated this sunset would have effectively prevented any RLC from being paid on the AVT.”
- Speaker
- Erik Gunderson
- Timestamp
- 26:04 – 26:44
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- July 2, 2026
From the transcript
This is language added on the Senate floor returning to the structure, and this returns to the structure in version, version S. The removed language would have sunset the required RLC for the AVT 5 years after the final investment decision, also known as FID, on Phase 2. Modeling from Director Payne Painter and the Department of Revenue indicated this sunset would have effectively prevented any RLC from being paid on the AVT. Moving to Section 11, this is—. Are we going to wait to the end to ask questions, or is that something we can do in, in between? Yeah, thank you for the question, Representative Ruffridge.
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