 Alaska Range, Brooks Range BILL: SCR 16 |
SHORT TITLE: REQ GOV TO INVESTIGATE COAL RESOURCES |
| BILL VERSION: | |
| CURRENT STATUS: (S) RES | STATUS DATE: 02/24/14 |
| SPONSOR(s): SENATOR(S) KELLY, Giessel, Bishop, McGuire, Dyson, Dunleavy | |
TITLE: Requesting the Governor to investigate and report to the legislature regarding the development of a large coal power plant and associated electric grid to provide energy to residents of the state.
BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests the
5 Governor to investigate the development of a large coal power plant and associated electric
6 grid to provide energy to residents of the state to heat their homes and keep their lights on;
7 and be it
8 FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature requests the Governor to
9 evaluate and report back to the legislature on the feasibility of locating a large coal power
10 plant
11 (1) on state or university land adjacent to hundreds of years’ worth of coal
12 reserves in the Alaska Range;
13 (2) on state land adjacent to the vast coal resources of Cook Inlet; and
14 (3) on state or Alaska Native regional corporation land adjacent to
many
15 hundreds of years’ worth of coal reserves in the western Brooks Range; …
