
Bert Stedman
66:54 - 67:20
"The economics of putting the project forward do not work at 20 mils. You cannot get it over the line. We're talking about a couple hundred million dollars a year more in debt service. So they need some relief through construction and, and then after first gas to make their economics work."
“The economics of putting the project forward do not work at 20 mils. You cannot get it over the line. We're talking about a couple hundred million dollars a year more in debt service. So they need some relief through construction and, and then after first gas to make their economics work.”
- Speaker
- Bert Stedman
- Timestamp
- 66:54 – 67:20
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- July 2, 2026
From the transcript
But the economics of putting the project forward do not work at 20 mils. You cannot get it over the line. We're talking about a couple hundred million dollars a year more in debt service. So they need some relief through construction and, and then after first gas to make their economics work. And that's what we're talking about here.
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