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0:20
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
0:23
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
0:20
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
0:32
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
0:37
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
0:41
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
0:40
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
0:57
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
0:23
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
0:50
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
0:23
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
0:33
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
1:14
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
0:29
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
0:46
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
0:40
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
0:19
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
0:54
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
0:20
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
0:12
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
0:32
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
0:39
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
0:45
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
0:32
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
0:07
Neal Foster
“I remove my objection. Seeing no further objection, Amendment Number 9 has been adopted.”Alaska Legislature: House Finance - June 8, 2026 11:00am · Jun 8, 2026
1:05
Calvin Schrage
“what it does do is it protects ratepayers from higher natural gas prices while not interfering with the viability of this project. And that is the goal, is to make sure that we are continuing to move towards a place where this project is economically viable and can has a real realistic chance of moving forward while ensuring that ratepayers are protected”Alaska Legislature: House Finance - June 8, 2026 11:00am · Jun 8, 2026
1:00
Sara Hannan
“we are going to have two tranches or two streams of the mitigation or in this case it is the AVT once it's being executed and that being distributed out via the community assistance formula versus impact aid.”Alaska Legislature: House Finance - June 8, 2026 11:00am · Jun 8, 2026
0:13
Neal Foster
“6 Yay, 5 nay. So on a vote of 6 yay to 5 nay, Amendment Number 14, as amended by Conceptual Amendments Number 1 and 2, has been adopted”Alaska Legislature: House Finance - June 8, 2026 11:00am · Jun 8, 2026
0:32
Calvin Schrage
“without that contract being signed, this is the only way that today any of us can go back to voters and a guarantee to them that they will not be paying a higher price of gas as a result of this project. Ideally, we'd have a signed contract. We would know definitively that Alaskans would not be paying more than $16 per MMBtu”Alaska Legislature: House Finance - June 8, 2026 11:00am · Jun 8, 2026
0:33
Will Stapp
“this amendment basically mirrors what we know to be the contract that Instar already has with the developer based on Instar's testimony. My reservation for this amendment is I just, I don't want to put, uh, this level of detail in state law. I mean, it makes me feel like I'm reaching in and trying to control contract terms”Alaska Legislature: House Finance - June 8, 2026 11:00am · Jun 8, 2026
0:47
Alyse Galvin
“When we heard more information from Glenfarn and particularly John Sims from NSTAR, it kind of helped us better articulate to our constituents what they have been wanting to hear, and that is due to cost overruns or other things unknowns, we weren't able to put into on paper that sense of security”Alaska Legislature: House Finance - June 8, 2026 11:00am · Jun 8, 2026
0:25
Alyse Galvin
“in other words, if it's $18 Japan market and then at $1 shipping plus $3 to $5 for LNG facilities, then are we talking 22 to $24?”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/1/26, 1:30pm · Jun 1, 2026
0:50
Brandy Baker
“we have to make a decision third quarter this year of which way to go if there's going to be a gas pipeline, we don't need to import, but we need to know that because we're running out of Runway to have enough time time for an import facility to be built in time to meet our gas requirement.”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/1/26, 1:30pm · Jun 1, 2026
0:37
Brandy Baker
“Our contract with Hilcorp expires first quarter of 2028. We source 40% of our gas from that contract. We're a little bit different because we source 60% of our gas requirement from our two thirds interest ownership in the Beluga river unit gas field. Because of our aggressive development of that field and a couple of banking agreements which I'm happy to explain, we have been able to extend extend our existing gas requirements into 2029.”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/1/26, 1:30pm · Jun 1, 2026
0:25
John Sims
“NStar's Hill Corp. Contract expires in 2033. We have needs for gas that start in 2031. So we need gas from someplace during that time. The electric utilities, their needs are before nstars.”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/1/26, 1:30pm · Jun 1, 2026
0:35
John Sims
“The cost for that LNG terminal infrastructure is between 3 to 5 dollars per mcf depending on participating volumes during that time. So right off the get go you have nearly $20 gas, potentially even more for that LNG solution.”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/1/26, 1:30pm · Jun 1, 2026
0:29
John Sims
“Because of the cold temperatures that we had over this past winter, we were not able to get gas from any other location that we needed for our customers. Hilcorp provided that gas. They provided half a BCF and the price was $16.”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/1/26, 1:30pm · Jun 1, 2026
0:28
John Sims
“When you look at our arrears or the folks that haven't been able to pay their bills, compared to prior years, we have a $7 million balance compared to what used to be a $1 million balance. So they're already struggling, and that's without the price of gas going up.”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/1/26, 1:30pm · Jun 1, 2026
0:19
John Sims
“This contract expires in 2033 and we have to find a replacement for 162 million a day. And there's no one in the cooking that can provide that today.”Alaska Legislature: House Finance, 6/1/26, 1:30pm · Jun 1, 2026