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Treg Taylor
41:21 - 41:50
“the importation of natural gas is probably inevitable at this point. We're going to have to import LNG to supply the needs of the rail belt.”
- Speaker
- Treg Taylor
- Timestamp
- 41:21 – 41:50
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- September 8, 2026
From the transcript
And the importation of natural gas is probably inevitable at this point. We're going to have to import LNG to supply the needs of the rail belt. And when I talk, when I was on radio stations in rural Alaska, I always made a point to point out that what our rates do on the rail belt, your rates do eventually with the power cost equalization. And so you should be very concerned about what's going on on the rail belt. The other thing is, is we've got to incentivize.
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