Alaska Gas Project Splits Legislature as Governor Seeks Tax Plan

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) called lawmakers into a third special legislative session to hash out a strategy for taxing a proposed $54.5 billion liquefied natural gas pipeline, unhappy with a Senate-approved plan that he panned as unfeasible.

Dunleavy said he was disappointed the Senate failed to concur with the House-approved version of HB 381, which crafts an alternative tax framework for the long-discussed Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas project. The project includes a gas treatment facility on Alaska’s North Slope, an 807-mile pipeline, and a natural gas export facility in Cook Inlet.

The governor issued a proclamation ...