Tim Bradner

Bradner: Small alternative-energy projects hold hope for villages

Last week was energy week in Anchorage. There were two important conferences back to back. The first was the Alaska Energy Authority's annual Rural Energy Conference.

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Tim Bradner: Major decisions remain for Alaska legislators

There's just a week and a day to go for legislators in Juneau, and several multibillion-dollar decisions remain to be made. Should we reduce oil taxes to rekindle our flagging petroleum industry? Should we take more steps of commitment toward three big infrastructure projects?
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Tim Bradner: State wise to pursue own natural gas pipeline as backup

The Legislature is highly focused on energy this year. Lawmakers are grappling with the complex issue of oil taxes. They know what they want to do, but they have to figure out how the turn the right knobs in a very complicated tax law to achieve their goals and not cause unintended consequences. ...
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Tim Bradner: UAA program gives Native students a science, engineering boost

Looking for solutions to the difficult problems of education in rural Alaska, or education in general?
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Tim Bradner: Gas storage project gets first winter of operation

Able to keep your house warm during that long, December cold snap? Send a thank you note to state Rep. Mike Hawker, House Speaker Mike Chenault and other Southcentral legislators.
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BRADNER: Time to take a look at Alaska's oil tax credits (12/16/12)

Legislators and others following state budget and revenue numbers got a bit of a shock last week when the Department of Revenue released its annual fall state revenue and oil production forecast. The bottom line is that we'll see a $2 billion decline in oil revenues from 2012 to 2014.
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Tim Bradner: Alaska's oil decline leads us toward quagmire

Alaska has its own version of a fiscal cliff and, it seems, our own version of political paralysis over doing anything about it. The cliff isn't as dramatic as the one facing Congress and President Barack Obama -- ours is more of a steep slope -- but it is actually more economically damaging to ...
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Tim Bradner: Southcentral faces running short of natural gas

The natural gas supply situation in Southcentral Alaska is anything but secure. True, we have people drilling exploration wells in Cook Inlet. We also have a natural gas storage project now constructed and being filled with gas to cushion our supplies this winter.
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Cost of heating fuel has Fairbanks, Bush hurting

Most people in Anchorage have little feel for the utter pain and financial hardship being caused by high fuel oil prices in Fairbanks and rural Alaska. We're comforted here by quite reasonable natural gas prices, though we may yet get our comeuppance -- we may run of natural gas. More about ...
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Good oil times are ending, so what can we do?

We've reached a dubious milestone in our state's history. For the first time, Alaska's revenues will turn down mainly because of the continued decline in oil production and not because of some wobble in oil prices.
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Cheap imported fuel is reason to fear for our refineries

When you fill up at the gas station, do you ever wonder where the gasoline comes from? Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, California? You probably don't care, being outraged about the price on the pump. But you should.