John Sims
108:30 - 109:08
"Because of that reliance, because of that confidence that I had in Cook Inlet, as we sit today, if deliveries maintain at the same rate we're getting them, We will be 3 BCF short for this upcoming winter. So let me put that in a little different perspective for folks. 3 BCF is equivalent to 18 days in the middle of winter where I cannot serve any customers, not just residential, not just small commercial, any customers."
“Because of that reliance, because of that confidence that I had in Cook Inlet, as we sit today, if deliveries maintain at the same rate we're getting them, We will be 3 BCF short for this upcoming winter. So let me put that in a little different perspective for folks. 3 BCF is equivalent to 18 days in the middle of winter where I cannot serve any customers, not just residential, not just small commercial, any customers.”
- Speaker
- John Sims
- Timestamp
- 108:30 – 109:08
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- August 6, 2026
From the transcript
Because of that reliance, because of that confidence that I had in Cook Inlet, as we sit today, if deliveries maintain at the same rate we're getting them, We will be 3 BCF short for this upcoming winter. So let me put that in a little different perspective for folks. 3 BCF is equivalent to 18 days in the middle of winter where I cannot serve any customers, not just residential, not just small commercial, any customers. And so, you know, on social media, you're, you know, you'll start to see and hear the fearmongering conversation, right? John Sims is now fearmongering.
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