State plan to purchase Fairbanks Natural Gas raises eyebrows

The latest twist in the story of the State of Alaska’s efforts to deliver affordable natural gas to Fairbanks continues to raise questions amongst the state’s politicians.
The latest twist in the story of the State of Alaska’s efforts to deliver affordable natural gas to Fairbanks continues to raise questions amongst the state’s politicians.
Newly-elected and politically independent Governor Bill Walker’s new proposal is for the state to purchase Fairbanks Natural Gas and its parent company, which would include a natural gas processing plant in Point MacKenzie (
NM). Republican lawmakers in particular are skeptical of this move, seeing it as too much government interference in the private sector.
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