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The utility that feeds natural gas to 2,000 customers in the Interior has decided to change sellers in a move to stabilize the supply. At a meeting Tuesday afternoon, the board of the Interior Gas Utility voted to buy natural gas from Hilcorp North Slope, LLC and have it trucked down from the North Slope. It would be the first commercialization of North Slope gas.
With new liquefied natural gas storage facilities now in operation in central Fairbanks and in North Pole, Fairbanks based Interior Gas Utility has been steadily expanding its customer base, IGU General Manager Dan Britton told the board of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority on J...
2:52 A half dozen or so dignitaries assembled Thursday morning at the site of the IGU’s new North Pole LNG storage and vaporization facility to celebrate both its completion and the opening of its valves to begin distribution of gas to the city’s customers who’ve signed up for the service. North Pole Mayor Mike Welch said the project was a long time coming. IGU General Manager Dan Britton snips the ribbon at Thursday's ceremony commemorating completion of the utility's new North Pole LNG storage and vaporization facility. From left, borough Mayor Bryce Ward; Keith Hanneman, civil and en...