Antony Scott
54:06 - 54:29
"my conclusion looking at this is it's going to require some policy innovation probably to get us there. One of the traps I think we always end up in is, well, is the juice worth the squeeze, right? Central Power Pool, that's all fine, but look, it's only $7 million a year."
“my conclusion looking at this is it's going to require some policy innovation probably to get us there. One of the traps I think we always end up in is, well, is the juice worth the squeeze, right? Central Power Pool, that's all fine, but look, it's only $7 million a year.”
- Speaker
- Antony Scott
- Timestamp
- 54:06 – 54:29
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 7, 2026
From the transcript
So anyway, exactly how you, you know, pull this off in terms of legislation or other sort of policy push is not something I want to talk about too much. In part because I don't exactly know. But I, you know, again, my conclusion looking at this is it's going to require some policy innovation probably to get us there. One of the traps I think we always end up in is, well, is the juice worth the squeeze, right? Central Power Pool, that's all fine, but look, it's only $7 million a year.
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