"Serving Western Legislatures"

Council of State Governments - WEST
121 Second Street, Fourth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 974-6422: PHONE
(415) 974-1747: FAX
csgw@csg.org: E-MAIL
http://www.csgwest.org

OFFICERS

Melvin R. Brown
Speaker, Utah
Chair

Jeannette Hamby
Senator, Oregon
Chair-Elect

Timothy Z. Jennings
Senate Majority Leader
New Mexico
Vice-Chair

Manny M. Aragon
Senate President Pro Tem
New Mexico
Immediate Past Chair

Kent Briggs
Executive Director

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Electrical Industry Restructuring
Kathy Augustine
Senator, Nevada

Future of Western Legislatures
Joe Baca
Assistant Speaker Pro Tem
California

Energy & Minerals
Ramona Barnes
Representative, Alaska

Western Water Policy
Joseph E. Dini, Jr.
Speaker, Nevada

Southern Boarder
Denise M. Ducheny
Assemblymember, California

Smart States
Elaine Alquist
Assemblymember, California

Public Land Policy
Tom Hatch
Representative, Utah

Trade & Transportation
Ray Powers
Senate Assistant Majority Leader
Colorado

WESTRENDS
Raymond G. Sanchez
Speaker, New Mexico

Legislative Service Agency Directors
Carl Bianchi
Director Legislative Services, Idaho

Radio Advisory

For Immediate Release: September 20, 1998

Contact:

  • Wendy Lindskoog, Alaska Senate Press Secretary
  • Jerry Ritter, Alaska House Press Secretary
  • Mary Lou Cooper, Public Relations, CSG-West
  • Resolution Room, Hotel Captain Cook, 907-343-2401

Legislators Debate Energy and Year 2000 Computer Problems

Anchorage -- As part of the Council of State Government – West 51st annual conference in Anchorage, Alaska, legislators from 13 western states met today to address energy and minerals issues and the pending Y2K computer glitch.

Elaine Alquist, California Assembly Member, chaired the CSG-West Smart States Committee Saturday, which focussed primarily on Y2K interconnectivity in the West. State officials shared ideas about legislative solutions followed by presenters who gave overviews of Y2K’s far reaching effects on the utility, banking and telecommunications industries.

Radio Quotes: Call 800/478-6540

  • 9-20-98: Elaine Alquist can be heard discussing Y2K issues in Senate box 3
    = Elaine Alquist, 135 K
  • 9-19-98: Alaska Senator Jerry Ward gives an overview of water policy issues in Senate box 2
    = Jerry Ward, 115 K
  • 9-18-98: Alaska Senator and conference co-host Tim Kelly welcomes western legislators to Alaska in Senate box 1
    = Tim Kelly, 17 K

Anchorage Representative Ramona Barnes chaired the Energy and Minerals Committee. Alaska House Speaker Gail Phillips gave an Alaska perspective on issues affecting access across state and federal lands throughout the west. Mark Mills, president of Mills, McCarthy and Associates of Chevy Chase, Maryland, presented an examination of how facts and data are shaping the ongoing global warming debate.

Radio Quotes: Call 800-478-6540

  • 9-20-98 Speaker Phillips can be heard in House box 4
    = Gail Phillips, 93 K
  • 9-20-98 Mark Mills can be heard in House box 3
    = Mark Mills, 170 K
  • 9-19-98 Alaska Representative Scott Ogan discusses water policy issues in box 2
    = Scott Ogan, 109 K
  • 9-18-98 Alaska Representative and conference host Ramona Barnes gives an overview of the CSG-West meeting in House box 1
    = Ramona Barnes, 63 K

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