...viable to bankers, bondholders and others who can finance a line. Denali's open season ends in three weeks. The state gas authority has already bid for gas for TransCanada Corp.'s proposed pipeline, a rival project. The Railbelt covers most...

...the state transportation department have existing rights-of-way that could be used for a pipeline, and the state gas authority has done substantial work and acquired preliminary rights-of-way on an alternative route for a "spur" gas...

...construction of a natural gas line. "It makes sense to me to have that state financial resource available to the in-state gas authority if we can use it," Weyhrauch said. "Under a plan like that it would be limited to simply allowing the pipeline...