Taylor Bickford, Campaign Manager

Juneau, AK – According to an article in yesterday’s Calgary Herald, building an Alaska gas pipeline under the AGIA framework will not be a top priority for the company in coming years. Russ Girling, a TransCanada veteran who takes over as CEO in July, said he is “still more focused on major investments that will come to fruition over the next eight years
such as its Keystone oil pipeline system to the United States in June and its subsequent expansions.”

The full article can be read on the Calgary Herald website.

Meanwhile at the Alaska Republican Party’s state convention in Juneau, Governor Sean Parnell reaffirmed his adamant support for the AGIA process despite partner TransCanada’s own admission that the Alaska pipeline will take a back seat to other, m projects.

Republican candidate for Governor Bill Walker said it is no surprise that getting Alaska’s gas to market is not a priority for TransCanada, since they now have the exclusive license under AGIA. “That is the major flaw of AGIA,” said Walker. “It leaves the future of Alaska in the hands of third party companies with conflicting projects all over the world. It assumes that someone else will look out for what it is in our own best interests and that is just not going to happen.”