Invoking

When politicians talk about “ownership,” they usually are referring to home ownership and invoking the American dream. But a gubernatorial candidate in Alaska is campaigning on the idea of citizen ownership of the state’s biggest dream: the Alaska gas pipeline.

Invoking a new policy, albeit with conditions, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) late last month pre-approved Southwest Gas Corp.’s participation in a proposed 750,000 Dth/d interstate natural gas pipeline that Kinder Morgan intends to build from the San Juan Basin to the Phoenix area and then West to the California border. Arizona’s deep thirst for new gas supplies prompted the move, regulators indicated in approving the gas utility’s pre-approval request.

Invoking a new policy, albeit with conditions, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) last Thursday pre-approved Southwest Gas Corp.’s participation in a proposed 750,000 Dth/d interstate natural gas pipeline that Kinder Morgan intends to build from the San Juan Basin to the Phoenix area and then West to the California border. Arizona’s deep thirst for new gas supplies prompted the move, regulators indicated in approving the gas utility’s pre-approval request.