FERC's Bombshell: The oxygen sucked out of the room

Andrew, I wish I could have seen their faces, but still say no to the 500B....It's about time that the wheels start flying off of her big loser wagon! I have been waiting for others to see what I have known from the beginning with Sarah Palin. Incompetence begets incompetence... The Palin-Irwin connection

I too would give any amount of money to see the looks on their faces. Good on Samuels to ask the "tough" questions! Did he know something ahead to time to ask the question?

Andrew's Response:

The funny thing was the FERC guy said it earlier but is was buried in a fairly long explanation about the process. I went back and looked at my notes and he stated half way through his presentation that they had told the Denali group to pre-file and they said they were going to.

I thought it was a fairly big comment (my notes show the comment  w/a star and an exclamation point) but it seemed to go over everyone's head at the time.

It wasn't until Ralph framed it as a single question that the room became silent and it sank in.

I don't belive the video is archived but the audio is and you can find it at http://www.ktoo.org/gavel/archive.cfm?audio=13497&request=5367561506B63DC501147E6A6C2A5091

It is at the very end of the podcast. 

Andrew, Thanks for reporting on the FERC presentation and giving us a clear and concise view. It seems as you predicted, the lug nuts on the AGIA wheels have begun to loosen which indicates its only a matter of time before the wheels begin to fall off. The trouble is that the Palin Posse have backed themselves into a corner along with likes of Wagoner, Bunde, Gara, Gato et al....Unless there is an adult left in the room who is capable of taking the lead and willing to say, "hold everything..." we're liable to see some very entertaining (albeit disastrous and very expensive) power plays to force this madness to a quick conclusion so that the Palin Players won't have to endure any contradictory input from knowledgable leaders in the oil and gas industry. I'm sure it was incredibly entertaining to see the Palin Team's pom-poms wilt in front of your eyes when the news was delivered that the Denali Group was initiating their prefiling. At a minimum your efforts to attend and report were rewarded with some overdue comic relief. Thanks again for your diligence.

Thanks for filling us in Andrew with all your great work. Most Alaskans cannot partictipate in this process. On a technical note, how can a foreign company with no Alaska office, no current experience(or past in Alaska), no permafrost experience etc be qualified for any Alaska project no less the biggest of all time. No gas plant experience and the list goes on. Where is their PHONE NUMBER?? Keep enlightening us, the Daily Distortion(I mean McClatchy News does not)