While the Interior Gas Utility is set to begin trucking liquefied natural gas from the North Slope in the coming weeks, the Fairbanks utility sees itself positioned to take advantage of the proposed Alaska LNG pipeline if and when it’s built.

IGU General Manager Elena Sudduth outlined possibilities during a quarterly update to the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly on Thursday, noting that the infrastructure it has in place, along with other assets, could serve areas of Interior Alaska that the 800-mile natural gas line wouldn’t reach.

Glenfarne Group, the new majority owner of the Alaska LNG project, is expected to issue a final investment decision on the project by December.

“It might happen this time,” Sudduth said, referencing past false starts or withdrawn investments to kick-st

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