Juneau’s $170 million natural gas project on hold

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Juneau’s privately owned electric utility is holding off on plans to bring natural gas to Alaska’s capital city due to lower oil prices.
Alaska’s Energy Desk reported Tuesday that Alaska Electric Light & Power’s owner, Washington-state-based Avista, had expressed interest in shipping liquefied natural gas from British Columbia to Juneau as a way to save customers money.
That was a few years ago when natural gas cost half as much as oil, but