Taylor Bickford, Campaign Manager

Anchorage – Today, Bill Walker, Republican candidate for governor, refiled his public records request for disclosure of the AGIA open season results against Sean Parnell.

By law, Parnell has ten days to respond. Click HERE to view the official letter.

According to Walker, his request provides Parnell with an opportunity to disclose the most basic information without compromising the integrity of the negotiating process. Parnell was advised that if he continued to refuse to disclose the open season results that he could at least fill in the details without identifying any companies by name. Along with the request, Walker submitted a form that requests three bits of information from Parnell:

1. The total volume of gas nominated for the Canadian route;

2. The total volume of gas nominated for the Valdez route;

3. A list of all conditions accompanying the gas nominations.

According to Walker, he does not expect the governor’s office to respond to the request any differently than the original request but feels obligated to continue fighting for the public’s right to know the results of an open season process that they have paid for.

“If the open season were a resounding success with full non-conditioned nominations of gas, Parnell would throw the books open to benefit himself in the upcoming election. He would be showing up for debates, appearing on every talk show and running celebratory media campaigns. But that is not the case. Instead, he is wrapping the results in a veil of secrecy until well past the primary and general elections out of selfish motives,” Walker stated.

Walker originally filed the records request on June 24 and was denied by the governor’s office. Parnell, who cited logistical concerns in his response to Walker, asked that the request be refiled following the close of the open season on Friday.

“Parnell is offering us nothing but weak excuses for keeping these results secret,” said Walker in a statement today. “The claim that he has a responsibility to protect the competitive process of other open seasons where the State is not a participant is further evidence that Sean Parnell does not have Alaska’s best interests in mind. This is an open season process that involves the expenditure of up to $500 million in public funds and, by vetoing SB 305, over $20 billion in additional incentives, Parnell piled onto the producers’ plates to entice them to bid.”