House speaker renews push for small gasline

Juneau Empire
By Pat Forgey

House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, said Friday he’s going to press ahead in the next legislative session with building a small natural gas pipeline, setting up a possible conflict with the state’s long-sought large pipeline to reach outside markets.

Chenault has been supporting an effort called the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. that released a preliminary plan during the summer to bring natural gas straight from the North slope to Anchorage and its Mat-Su and Kenai Borough neighbors, with a branch line to Fairbanks.

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