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Dan Stickel “the state starts out receiving about 9% of the AVT revenue. That will drop to 5% with the first doubling of the tax rate.”

Alaska Legislature: Joint Conference on HB381, 6/27/26, 10am · Jun 27, 2026

Dan Stickel “But then increase to 52% of the total AVT with the second doubling of the tax rate.”

Alaska Legislature: Joint Conference on HB381, 6/27/26, 10am · Jun 27, 2026

Dan Stickel “the Senate version of the bill removes some of the complexity in the calculation that was in the prior version of the bill.”

Alaska Legislature: Joint Conference on HB381, 6/27/26, 10am · Jun 27, 2026

Adam Prestidge “The deadline of 2037 is well within— well beyond the project completion deadline, even if we put a couple years of contingency on that. And so a 2037 deadline doesn't have that same risk profile to the FID investors. And so for that reason, we suggest deleting the 2032 deadline.”

Alaska Legislature: Joint Conference on HB381, 6/27/26, 10am · Jun 27, 2026

Bryce Edgmon “I feel like I think if FID isn't, for Phase 1, arrived at by 2028, there's justification for this issue to come back before the legislature to have a longer runway to engage in this discussion. I would submit to you or anyone else that we should not have gotten this bill on March 20th. We should have gotten this a lot earlier so we could, to pour over this in a way that complies with all the sort of what-if scenarios that are out there and also to be maybe a better partner to you as a developer overall to get our work done in a longer frame of time. So I guess at this point I'm not convinced that removing that 2028 FID deadline— and remember, it's just for Phase 1, it's not for Phase 2. You know, I don't know that it serves our best interests”

Alaska Legislature: Joint Conference on HB381, 6/27/26, 10am · Jun 27, 2026

DeLena Johnson “the intention is to adjourn to, I think, around the 1st of July. With the intention that the conference committee will be meeting during that 10 days that we won't be in session, but they will have the opportunity to take things up, that people would be working in good faith and come to a resolution on this.”

Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - July 20, 2026 10:00am · Jul 20, 2026

DeLena Johnson “this continuing resolution has been one of the things that has been of some concern because what we don't want to happen is we do not want to take it up, gavel out, not come back for a month, and sometimes things like that have happened. I just want to put on the record the conversation that I've had with you, Mr. Speaker, and what I understand the intention to be.”

Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - July 20, 2026 10:00am · Jul 20, 2026

DeLena Johnson “my hope and my goal and my conversation has been that there will be a good faith effort to pass legislation that will continue the conversations that we're having, and that this won't be an excuse to not be here, that this will be— is just a method of being able to make things work well and work smoothly and acting in good faith and working with the other body to bring this legislation to a conclusion.”

Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - July 20, 2026 10:00am · Jul 20, 2026

“we have heard from the Department of Revenue and our legislative consultants that the current rate is, is competitive. The amount of ABT currently in the bill is considered the maximum extractable rate consistent with the project moving forward.”

Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026

Ashley Carrick “this legislation is not what determines whether or not this project has a green light and the developer moves forward. With developing. But what this bill means to me today, Mr. Speaker, and what passing this legislation ultimately is to me, is about ensuring those protections for our communities and still maximizing the opportunity that this pipeline could bring”

Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026

“The tax framework only takes effect if the developer commits to 3 things: putting up the funding for the Municipal Impact Fund— that's between $40 and $80 million— signing a project labor agreement that covers all 3 major facilities, and building the Fairbanks Spur Line with construction starting within a year of getting the permits.”

Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026

Dan Saddler “It's long been clear that during all the fiscal analysis over the years that Alaska's property tax situation has been a major impediment to the economics of building an 800-mile steel pipeline to bring our tremendous amount of resources to market.”

Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026

“After the holiday, the project pays a tax based on how much gas is flowing through it, not at guessed-on property assessment values, but on real throughput. The rate is currently 6 cents per 1,000 cubic feet in the pipeline and 13 cents on the gas treatment plant and carbon capture and 13 cents on the LNG export plant.”

Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026

“In this version, 93% of the alternate volumetric tax in the North Slope Borough on the gas treatment plant carbon capture facility, and 93% of the alternate volumetric tax in the Kenai Peninsula Borough on the LNG export plant goes to that community, as it should, with the 7% balance going back to the state.”

Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026

Zack Fields “I would argue that an alternate volumetric taxation structure is fundamentally more pro-growth, fundamentally more fair to local governments, and fundamentally more fair to all residents of the state who benefit from state-funded public services.”

Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026

Sara Hannan “Many of my concerns, uh, over the about the bill in general that I've heard from constituents have been addressed to some degree. Ratepayer protections, project labor agreements, increased transparency, increased funding to make sure that we are positioned for impacts on communities.”

Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026

“The bill now ensures that the RCA cannot approve gas sales contracts that force Alaska ratepayers to pay for cost overruns on the project.”

Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026

“12 Yeas, 27 nays. By a vote of 12 yeas to 27 nays, Amendment Number 2 has failed to pass the body.”

Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026

Andrew Gray “This bill caps it at $16 per MCF with inflation adjustment. That is reassuring to me, but I do want to say, just so that folks, my constituents, understand that the price, uh, from Cook Inlet Gas right now is $11 for MCF. So Whatever we do, whether we're importing and it's coming out of the gas line, at least in the beginning, people are going to be paying more”

Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026

“this amendment would carry forward the instability this House Finance Committee version is trying to fix. And for those reasons, I would oppose the amendment.”

Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026

“34 Yeas, 5 nays. By a vote of 34 yeas to 5 nays, House Bill 381 has passed the House.”

Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026

Ken Alper “This would be, you know, once you do the weighted averages, probably the equivalent of a 2 or 3-cent AVT on the gas treatment plant. So it's less, if it's just about dollars. They would prefer more, obviously”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026

Ken Alper “underlying Amendment 10 is, is new to the bill, so it's not amending any existing sections... we're working within the governing statutes of the AGDC themselves that were established back in 2013 with, with House Bill 4, which gave them a lot of autonomy ability to have confidentiality in their contracting”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026

Calvin Schrage “it bifurcates the $80 million to a structure in which $40 million is readily available upfront and deposited in into the state's accounts to be able to administer these community impact payments. The additional $40 million that would add up to that $80 million is then available upon submission of basically proof of expense or proof of expected expense”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026

Ken Alper “changes the numbers slightly from a 12, 6, and 12, and that means 12 cents on the gas treatment plant, 6 on the pipeline, 12 on the LNG facility, into a 13, 6, 13. So it's a small increment above that. And again, this is a weighted average... roughly it would work out to a 10.5 to 11 cents, per my own math, the effective volumetric tax on the average molecule going through the system”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026

Neal Foster “I think it's a good effort to try to come to some kind of resolution with the North Slope, but I am persuaded by their argument that, you know, the resource comes from the region and they'd like to have more say over what they do within their region”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026

Andy Josephson “What this amendment does— just a little more background— there was a municipal group called the Municipal Advisory Group in the mid-teens. They negotiated with producers and I'm told had a— came to the conclusion that as much as $800 million was needed in community impact aid. The current version of the Senate resources bill cut that down to $200 million. In the House resources The amount was raised from $30 to $40 million”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026

Will Stapp “it takes the structure of volumetric tax, 12, 6, and 12, under the current pipeline and the gas treatment plant and the export facility, and it puts it in line with what's been discussed”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026

Ken Alper “the portion that would be attributed to the gas treatment plant would say 90% of that would be going specifically to the North Slope Borough where that's located, and 10%, a portion, would be retained by the state”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026

Ken Alper “from talking to him, and now I have secondhand knowledge, I don't think they're particularly thrilled, to be completely honest. They really wanted the autonomy to be able to negotiate their own way”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026

Calvin Schrage “I really appreciate the work that members have put into this bill. We've had many, many hearings, and it takes a lot of work. Obviously, there's been many disagreements along the way, but I'm proud of the work product that we're moving forward out of committee”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026

Calvin Schrage “I'm doing what I can to try and enable this project and give it a fighting chance while still protecting the state's interest. I think this amendment moves a significant way in that direction”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026

Neal Foster “on a vote of 11 yeas and 0 nays, House Bill 381, which is version 34-GH2038/T, moves out of committee as amended with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026

Andy Josephson “I also think that— I understand that the Kenai Borough Mayor may be in the interest of having the project may be speaking in support, but I think there's an undercurrent of concern by him. Certainly there is with the North Slope Borough”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026

Will Stapp “it removes municipalities' ability to negotiate their own separate tax structure from the volumetric structure of the bill”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026

Alyse Galvin “it's tricky for us as legislators wanting to make sure that our fiduciary duty is being done when we can't get in there into every confidential conversation and deal up until a certain point... it was also enlightening for me to learn from AGDC, the work that they have pulled together to help us better understand how they are at the table as one of Alaska's arms”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/10/26, 11am · Jun 10, 2026

“I move and ask unanimous consent that the House stand at adjournment until Friday, June 12th at 10:30 AM for a regular session.”

Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 10, 2026 11:00am · Jun 10, 2026

Representative Schraeder (Alaska House of Representatives)

“Will the clerk please note those members present. Representatives Johnson, Story, Stutes, and Speaker Edgeman.”

Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 10, 2026 11:00am · Jun 10, 2026

Neal Foster “it sounds like there's maybe about 4 more amendments that we'll be tackling. However, there need to— there are a number of conceptual amendments to the amendments that we'll be addressing. Ledge Legal is going to need a little bit of time to draft those.”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance - June 9, 2026 2:00pm · Jun 9, 2026

Neal Foster “our next meeting is scheduled for tomorrow, which is Wednesday, June 10th, at 11:00 AM. We'll take up the remaining amendments.”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance - June 9, 2026 2:00pm · Jun 9, 2026

Neal Foster “5 Yea, 6 nay. So on a vote of 5 yea to 6 nay, Amendment Number 20 has not been adopted.”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance - June 9, 2026 11:00am · Jun 9, 2026

Sara Hannan “without establishing RCA oversight, um, we don't have protection for our ratepayers in Alaska. And right now that federal oversight of FERC has a slightly different goal, and they As we heard from Mr. Stickel that— and I, and I believe Mr. Kissinger, the interstate actions are not regulated by the RCA. And I want to make sure that we have the opportunity for Alaskan ratepayers to participate in dockets and hearings and understand the costs that may roll into their utility costs.”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance - June 9, 2026 11:00am · Jun 9, 2026

Calvin Schrage “This brings us back to where we were prior to that amendment, reenacts the status quo, and again provides additional protection for ratepayers from unnecessary costs being passed on to them, and I think it's a step in the right direction.”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance - June 9, 2026 11:00am · Jun 9, 2026

Calvin Schrage “Amendment 21 repeals the existing statute that prohibits the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, also known as the RCA, from regulating an LNG import facility which falls under federal jurisdiction. This amendment specifically places liquefied natural gas facilities under RCA jurisdiction.”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance - June 9, 2026 11:00am · Jun 9, 2026

Calvin Schrage “the RCA is there to protect ratepayers and make sure that the costs that are being passed on to ratepayers are justified and valid and necessary. And there is concern that an LNG import facility could have excessive costs that could ultimately be passed on to the ratepayer. And so that's where I've heard a desire to ensure that an import facility itself is covered under RCA jurisdiction to make sure that those costs associated with that facility are able to be evaluated and scrutinized by the RCA.”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance - June 9, 2026 11:00am · Jun 9, 2026

Calvin Schrage “My understanding is that there is a desire to continue to have RCA oversight over LNG sales through an import facility. You know, I think it's still envisioned that there could be imports at some point, and if that is the case, I've heard loudly from many stakeholders that they'd like to see those sales under RCA jurisdiction.”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance - June 9, 2026 11:00am · Jun 9, 2026

Frank Tomaszewski “I believe now, right now, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regulates the import facilities, and I think you may unknowingly or unwittingly add, by adding the RCA to regulate the import facility, I think What may end up happening is any cost involved with that import facility, any building of it, any maintenance of it, will be passed on to the customers through the Regulatory Commission of Alaska.”

Alaska Legislature: House Finance - June 9, 2026 11:00am · Jun 9, 2026

“the River Beach Department shall take the recommendations for the board into consideration when setting rates for covered services. If the rate set by the department for a covered service drift significantly from the rate recommendation by the Board, the Commissioner shall notify the Board and the chair of each legislative committee having jurisdiction of health and social services in writing.”

Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session, 4/27/26, 10:30am · Apr 27, 2026

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