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To: DMaA who wrote (373577)	7/30/2010 10:05:35 PM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 793928

A major milestone today on Palin's signature project, the Alaska Gas Pipeline. TransCanada's "open season" for potential shippers concluded and multiple bids were opened. Republican critics continue arguing that her AGIA process merely puts us right back where we were four years ago, negotiating with the oil industry (while subsidizing TransCanada with up to $500,000,000 in state funds)... Natural gas pipeline moves forward adn.com Most of the bids were expected to be conditional, leading to protracted negotiations between TransCanada and the shippers. The bids will be made public only if those negotiations are successful and lead to firm commitments -- "precedent agreements." TransCanada is licensed to build the line under the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act of 2007, a major political accomplishment of then Gov. Sarah Palin and her lieutenant governor, Sean Parnell. Parnell succeeded her and is now seeking election. But the legislation remains controversial and is opposed by two opponents of Parnell in the Republican primary, Bill Walker and Ralph Samuels. They have demanded that Parnell obtain the bids from TransCanada and make them public so voters could evaluate AGIA for themselves long before there are precedent agreements.