Officials with several Alaska utilities say they’ve been informed by Hilcorp that the company does not currently have enough natural gas reserves in Cook Inlet to provide for new gas contracts. Those contracts face renewal in the next two to 11 years. The oil and gas company has said an ongoing drilling program could change that, the utilities say. Also, the state says Cook
In a Jan. 12 presentation to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, executives from Southcentral gas utility Enstar Natural Gas Co. described how the utility succeeds in supporting peak gas demand during severe cold winter weather such as in November and early December of last year. A high proportion.
The Kenai Peninsula may soon get the state’s largest solar power farm to date, but it may depend on the local government’s willingness to provide a tax break. Renewable Independent Power Producers, an Anchorage-based company with several solar farms in Anchorage and the Mat-Su area, is working on a new project on the Kenai Peninsula. If it moves forward with the development,