Enstar

In a Resources Committee meeting Wednesday, Enstar said utilities will need to look to import natural gas, which won't be available until 2030, while producers including Hilcorp told legislators about their challenges extracting gas in Cook Inlet.

More than a year after Cook Inlet’s largest oil and gas producer warned of a looming natural gas shortfall, consultants released a report this week detailing possible ways to meet demand, including imported LNG.

ENSTAR has about 150,000 customers on the Kenai Peninsula, as well as in Anchorage and the Mat-Su. It gets all its natural gas from Cook Inlet producers.

Energy utilities have been meeting since May to talk strategy as Cook Inlet’s top producer of natural gas warns future contracts are not a guarantee. This week, a local sustainability commission said the Kenai Peninsula Borough, too, could play a role in helping avoid an energy crisis down the road.

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