Juneau, Alaska-Alaska’s new governor, Gov. Sarah Palin, has sent her plan to the legislature for fast-tracking construction of the state’s multi-billion dollar natural gas pipeline to the Lower 48 states. Unveiling the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA) for legislative and public review, the governor declared, “We must move a gasline forward as expeditiously as possible. We need low tariffs to maximize the returns to Alaskans. We envision an open access line so new fields will be explored and new reserves developed and shipped through the line for decades to come. I am confident that this vehicle, the AGIA, gets us there and gets us there quickly, but always with the best interests of Alaskans in mind.” Palin said the act opens the application process to any project sponsor with the goal of beginning fieldwork by the summer of 2008 and promoting construction as quickly as possible. Route for the pipeline is being left along with the likely cost of the project to the bidders.
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