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So we are about 30 miles away from actually being able to utilize any of this gas from the mainline. So how we get that spur line to Fairbanks built and funded as part of the project is essential. We are currently paying between $24 and $26 per MCF for natural gas for our 3,500 ratepayers in the Interior Gas Utility System. We could hook up a number more people onto that— businesses, families, and as well as potentially GVEA— if we were able to get access to affordable gas. When I was testifying in House Resources, I said, "We don't need more gas, we need affordable gas." We have a trucking system set up right now that trucks it from the North Slope in cooperation with Harvest and Hilcorp.

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