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Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.

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Cathy Giessel “I did want to offer Co-chair Dybert opportunity if you have any closing remarks as the House co-chair.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - October 8, 2026 1:00pm · Oct 8, 2026

Donna Mears “I'm very concerned that we've got a short timeframe with this administration and things are going to get shoved through and that's unacceptable.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - October 8, 2026 1:00pm · Oct 8, 2026

Cathy Giessel “This has been a very— I'm going to say the word rushed process.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - October 8, 2026 1:00pm · Oct 8, 2026

Cathy Giessel “So he is declining to be present today also. However, we have Mr. Randy Raro, Executive Director of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, otherwise known as AIDA, present.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - October 8, 2026 1:00pm · Oct 8, 2026

Cathy Giessel “Shortly after arranging this meeting, I received a message from Commissioner John Krother, Department of Natural Resources, that his presence today had been denied by the governor. He operates, of course, under the governor's leadership. Then yesterday, after the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee, I was informed that Director Brian Butcher was out of state at a conference and had accepted a dinner engagement at this time.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - October 8, 2026 1:00pm · Oct 8, 2026

Cathy Giessel “We have no information yet in response from the Department of Natural Resources.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - October 8, 2026 1:00pm · Oct 8, 2026

Mike Prax “I didn't notice that there was any discussion of other potential locations for what Ada is proposing.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - October 8, 2026 1:00pm · Oct 8, 2026

Cathy Giessel “Our next meeting, I'm announcing right now, is for the Senate Resources Committee. So a few members are still here. That's going to be on October 14th at 10 AM here in this room, as well as on Teams. The subject of that meeting will be the DNR public and charitable use conveyances and the options relating to the appearance of executive branch officials.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - October 8, 2026 1:00pm · Oct 8, 2026

Cathy Giessel “Unfortunately, the commissioner from the Department of Revenue— Department of Natural Resources, who would have this information, was denied access to this meeting by the governor. So I can't answer that question right now. We will, of course, pursue his attendance at another time.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - October 8, 2026 1:00pm · Oct 8, 2026

Cathy Giessel “We haven't had time today, nor has AHFC, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, been present, but there are the 4 conveyances made to AHFC allegedly for low and medium level housing for folks. Again, very vague.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - October 8, 2026 1:00pm · Oct 8, 2026

Maxine Dibert “I learned a lot today about some of the flaws here and just hearing the story of land conveyances.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - October 8, 2026 1:00pm · Oct 8, 2026

Cathy Giessel “we also asked for DNR to respond to that letter, the committee's previous letter, and also the legal memo provided by our nonpartisan attorneys. And, um, we have received no response yet.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - October 8, 2026 1:00pm · Oct 8, 2026

Arthur Miller

“No producer has come to Chugach and said, I can guarantee and provide gas supply to you beginning in 2029 over a number of years afterward, we don't have that option.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

Luke Saugier “The consumer, however, would be paying a price for that. Would that be consistent with the price that's being paid now, or would that be substantially higher cost? Through the Chair, I can honestly say that we have not discussed pricing with NStar about this. We have already committed to deliver this gas to them. We haven't talked about pricing, we've only talked about timing.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

Arthur Miller

“we recognize that the structure in Cook Inlet is changing and we are transitioning to an imported liquefied natural gas supply structure. It's not a question of do we want to import natural gas. We would much rather have in-state natural gas.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

Mike Coy

“the Cook Inlet is an underexplored basin. We have conditions finally where, from an economic perspective, meaning the market price is sufficient enough that it should attract exploration dollars, and that has historically not been the case.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

Arthur Miller

“we are making sure that we take that gas that we're banking and we can extend what, what it was about a year ago, our end of the, or our need for additional gas from the end of first quarter 2028 to the end of first quarter 2029.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

Luke Saugier “we will enter the winter with about 30 BCF in Pool 6 and about, uh, you know, 7 or 8 BCF in Xingza. Hilcorp has 30 BCF of gas in storage going into this winter. All—. Substantially all of that gas, really all of that gas, is dedicated for future delivery to NStar. So this gas can be available today if contracts are adjusted.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

Luke Saugier “The main point that I'm making when I say restructured is we can make the gas available today as long as we all understand that we are— we will be unable to make that same volume of gas available in the future.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

Luke Saugier “we believe that the Harvest LNG import project is the right LNG import project that can be accomplished by 2029 in order to bridge that gap and buy us 3 or 4 more years to gain access to North Slope gas through a gas pipeline”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

Luke Saugier “That intersection of supply and demand comes in 2029. So what our model is showing is that come 2029 in the summertime, native gas production will only just be keeping up with demand, and we will enter winter 2029 with not nearly enough gas in storage to make it through the winter.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

Luke Saugier “NSTAR has testified that they are 3 BCF short going into this coming winter. The good news is that we have the gas in storage and we are willing to make it available this winter. It will require NSTAR to adjust their contracts to pull that gas forward.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

John Hendrix “Instar earlier this year signed an agreement with Glenfarm for 30 years. And they wouldn't sign an agreement with us beyond 5. How do you think that makes me feel as an owner? Do I want to continue and invest?”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

Arthur Miller

“we're estimating, depending on which structure is put in place, anywhere between $29 an MCF to over $40, even up to $60, depending on the structure. So it is expensive.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

Luke Saugier “without another source of gas supply by winter 2029, be that North Slope gas or LNG imports, there will not be enough gas in the system to meet all of the utilities' needs.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

Luke Saugier “we are very confident that come winter 2029, we will need LNG imports or access to North Slope gas.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

John Hendrix “there's a lot of gas out in Cook Inlet. We got to do it. We have to do a better job exploring. We haven't been doing a good job exploring.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026

Mike Coy

“extending and expanding royalty relief that would help incentivize explorers and developers. And then if we're talking about offshore, access to additional drilling capability meaning additional rig capability would be necessary. Right now, the only rig available is the Hillcorp Rig 151, the Spartan 151.”

Alaska Legislature: Special Coverage - September 10, 2026 1:00pm · Sep 10, 2026