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Article: Natural gas for Fairbanks.(Fairbanks Natural Gas LLC)
- Article from:
- Alaska Business Monthly
- Article date:
- December 1, 1998
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Fairbanks is one of the few major communities along the Railbelt that does not have access to clean-burning, natural gas. A home-grown mom and pop business is changing all that.
This year marked the first time in history that natural gas was delivered to commercial and residential consumers in Fairbanks. Until April, the city relied entirely on coal and heating oil, resulting in poor air quality during the winter months. But newly developed distribution facilities-owned and operated by Fairbanks Natural Gas LLC, a subsidiary of Northern Eclipse LLC has changed all that.
"The old power plant in downtown Fairbanks emits tons and tons of pollutants into the ...