Port Authority appeal rejected

The state on Wednesday turned down the Alaska Gasline Port Authority’s request to reconsider its gas pipeline proposal. But it will not rule out the prospects of an all-Alaska gas line and liquefied natural gas (LNG) option, which is what the authority sought in a proposal deemed incomplete by the state. Revenue Commissioner Pat Galvin and Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Irwin, both members of the governor’s gas line team, announced their decision during a news conference in Juneau.

The two then briefed both the Senate Resources Committee and House Republicans on pipeline progress. The port authority is a coalition of the Fairbanks North Star Borough, the city of Valdez and the North Slope Borough. It proposed an 806-mile pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez. From there, the gas would be liquefied for transport on tankers. Gov. Sarah Palin rejected the authority’s plan among four others while touting a proposal by TransCanada as the only conforming application under the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act.

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