In today's version, we set the record straight about the natural gas pipeline open season.FICTION : Claims that Governor Parnell is hiding vital gas pipeline information from Alaskans. Nothing could be further from the truth.FACT : According to Larry Persily, Federal Coordinator for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects:
"When a potential natural gas shipper turns in their bids to a potential natural gas pipeline developer there's no cc on it...those bids are confidential from one entity to another. There's no federal law that says they have to share those with anybody."
Check out the video here: http://bit.ly/ct9Z2p
Persily made the statement during a press conference yesterday. His comments clarify the facts surrounding the federal open season process.
The headlines tell the story:
Pipeline official defends secrecy - Juneau Empire, 7/21/2010
Federal official says laws do not require disclosure - Anchorage Daily News, 7/21/2010
This only confirms what Governor Parnell has been saying all along about the open season and reveals the political rhetoric from opponents for what it is - petty politics. The state government can't turn over records it doesn't have, the bids between private sector parties under a federally regulated process.
Actively delivering trustworthy information, look for future Honest Abe updates.
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