Comments by joy_Fairbanks
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Posted on July 4 at 10:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
About time someone strapped some b@##s on to come up with a solution to provide equitable energy for all of Alaska. Anchorage has enjoyed low heating and electric rates because of the low-cost Cook Inlet oil since the 50's and as far as I can see, don't seem too worried that the rest of us are paying outrageous costs for heating oil and electric costs.
As for a different approach, nothing seems to have worked so far as many of us have asked for the same sweet deal in obtaining royalty oil at a reduced price. Maybe when Anchorage has to pay the price we are paying, a fast, easy and non-taxed solution will be forthcoming.
On Fairbanks borough mayor accuses state of favoring Anchorage on natural gas rates
Posted on July 1 at 10:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)
All I can say is, do a real power cost equalization program that is a REAL equalization of power costs statewide. With the price of oil rising everyday, we are looking at paying $7.00 per gallon for #2 heating oil this winter. Our electric bills have almost doubled with the fuel surcharge almost exceeding the energy cost; what's it going to triple or more this coming winter?
AGIA, TransCanada, treble damages and all the aspects of the gasline is too confusing for me, only knowing what I've read in the newspaper, but know we cannot wait until 2020 for natural gas to reach Fairbanks.
Posted on June 28 at 3:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)
We've been told that the answer to the high cost of energy in the Interior and rural Alaska is conserving. OK, I've been without heat since mid-April, unplugged all my unused appliances & line drying my clothes. Everyone write, call or email your legislators and tell them that until we provide equal energy costs across Alaska, put off non-essential spending on pork projects like spending more millions on a study on the Knik Arm Bridge, two fish hatcheries that will cost over $145 million, and other would like to have but unnecessary projects.
Posted on June 22 at 2:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)
sorry, that should have said, $45+ million for the hatchery in Fairbanks. Wouldn't be too surprised to see the "Bridge to Nowhere" resuscitated with the clock ticking and those dollars rolling in with the windfall millions.
Posted on June 22 at 2:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Joe,
I don't see the Governor or her administration coming up with an energy equalization program as the $1200 energy solution that is now being proposed will buy me 240 gal. of #2 heating oil for the year. Guess they're too busy spending the billions of dollars of windfall profits on getting a new cost estimate for the Knik Arm Bridge which is now estimated at 1 Billion dollars, the $100+ million dollar fish hatchery in Anchorage, the $45+ billion dollar fish hatchery in Fairbanks and I guess more important priorities than coming up with a fair energy program in which all of Alaska enjoys the same energy costs as Anchorage.
Posted on June 13 at 3:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
"we should look forward to a positive step on this long-delayed project and be happy about this progress and step forward with the same sort of healthy skepticism the public should have with any project that makes use of public dollars?" Mr. Editor, you are so out of touch with us common folk.. $45+ million for a fish hatchery; wonder how many borough residents asked for this hatchery to be built to stock our lakes with hormone enhanced fish @ a cost of what? $1,000 per fish or more plus more State workers with good paying jobs and benefits? Guess we can have our fish & half bottle of wine heh?
Posted on June 10 at 12:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Maybe someone who knows more can answer my question: How does Anchorage get the natural gas at such a low price and we can't get royalty oil at the same low price due to anti-trust laws? and how much natural gas out of the Cook Inlet area is being exported to Japan? Heard on Problem Corner that a new contract was just signed and the caller said Alaska receives no royalties on this exported gas. Why was the contract to export the gas renewed instead of liquefying the extra natural gas and sending it by rail to the Interior to alleviate our high heating costs?
On Prices
Posted on June 4 at 11:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I say scrap the plans to build the fish hatcheries in Fairbanks which was bid @ $45.6 million and the one in Anchorage which will cost $100 million and subsidize heating oil and electricity throughout Alaska that matches the cost of Anchorage using OUR natural gas from the Cook Inlet area.
Posted on May 23 at 12:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)
This is the only reasonable and fair solution to the high cost of heating oil in Fairbanks and rural Alaska. The $1.2 billion dollar program which proposes a $100 Energy Debit Card will in no way make much of a difference this coming winter when heating oil soars to $8-$10 a gallon; it'll buy us 10 gal. of heating oil.
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Posted on July 5 at 2:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Gideon,
Perhaps you can have your Tribal Council pass a resolution where the Arctic Village residents can pool their Permanent Fund dividends to provide employment for your tribal members. Me, I pay enough property taxes with no services provided and can decide how to spend my Permanent Fund perfectly fine.
On PFD idea