Alaska Dispatch

According to numerous reports this morning, the state says its agreement with TransCanada under the terms of the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act is on track to ship Alaska's gas by 2018. According to Alaska Dispatch's own Rena Delbridge, state officials also say that the upcoming open season shouldn't be a "litmus test" because terms of AGIA require TransCanada to continue working on the line regardless of producers' commitments. However, other officials say it is a critical element in bringing the three parties into greater alignment on fiscal and regulatory terms and will likely not be the only open season held. Also, Rep. Jay Ramras (R-Fairbanks) told the Dispatch that as the gasline becomes increasingly politically charged, the open season's results should be released before the election, not after, as is currently allowed. Read much more here. Read similar reports from the Anchorage Daily News here, from Reuters here (a two-pager), and from the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner here. Lastly, though certainly not comprehensively, check out what critics of AGIA who used to work for the Murkowski administration said to the News-Miner.