The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority said it has completed the phase one evaluations of all proposals received in response to its June request for proposals for interior energy project energy supply.
AIDEA received proposals from 13 respondents by the August 3 deadline, according to the authority statement.
AIDEA selected five finalists to advance to phase two of the interior energy project partner selection process. The authority chose Harvest Alaska (Hilcorp Alaska), Phoenix Clean Fuels, Salix (Avista Corporation), Spectrum LNG and WesPac Midstream.
Senate Bill 23 and House Bill 105 passed the Alaska Legislature in 2013 and 2015, respectively, and authorized AIDEA to provide the financing package to partner with the private sector to bring natural gas to interior Alaska. The five selected companies represent a range of options, including North Slope and Cook Inlet LNG projects.
LNG World News Staff; Image: Interior Energy Project