“Under current law, we see higher state revenues with higher project capital costs because that would, we assume, increase the property tax burden. Under the bill as introduced by the Governor, higher capital costs would not have an impact on state revenues, and that's because the alternative volumetric tax basically locks in that exposure to tax for the midstream.”
- Speaker
- Dan Stickel
- Timestamp
- 108:32 – 108:59
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- May 21, 2026
From the transcript
Under current law, we see higher state revenues with higher project capital costs because that would, we assume, increase the property tax burden. Under the bill as introduced by the Governor, higher capital costs would not have an impact on state revenues, and that's because the alternative volumetric tax basically locks in that exposure to tax for the midstream.
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