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Mike Dunleavy
10:10 - 10:35
"You might go from $10 a unit gas in the lower 48 or Canada quickly to 12, 14, 15, 16, $18 gas. And what does that mean? You're looking at 35 to 45 cents a kilowatt hour five to 10 years from now on the rail belt, especially in places like Fairbanks, Alaska."
“You might go from $10 a unit gas in the lower 48 or Canada quickly to 12, 14, 15, 16, $18 gas. And what does that mean? You're looking at 35 to 45 cents a kilowatt hour five to 10 years from now on the rail belt, especially in places like Fairbanks, Alaska.”
- Speaker
- Mike Dunleavy
- Timestamp
- 10:10 – 10:35
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- May 8, 2026
From the transcript
You might go from $10 a unit gas in the lower 48 or Canada quickly to 12, 14, 15, 16, $18 gas. And what does that mean? You're looking at 35 to 45 cents a kilowatt hour five to 10 years from now on the rail belt, especially in places like Fairbanks, Alaska. That makes the state uncompetitive. That makes it non competitive for people that want to move here.
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