After gasline tax bill, pipeline corporation plans to ask Alaskans for a few billion dollars

By: James Brooks

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: July 15, 2026

Words: 1,857

Last Updated: 6 days, 16 hours ago

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A few months from now, if developers of the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline move forward with the project, they will ask Alaskans for something between a few hundred million and a billion and a half dollars.

The request is optional, but if the state doesn’t chip in, Alaska’s 25% ownership of the pipeline will dwindle to a smaller fraction, and any profits will similarly shrink.

Two other requests for cash could come as soon …

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