The Senate Bill 21 was passed into law by the GOP senate in March 2013. This Bill eliminated any taxes the oil corporations paid to Alaska and eliminated the progressive surcharge on the oil corporations' excessive profits. Under ACES, the big three paid taxes to Alaska. The oil corporations' not paying any taxes to Alaska, caused the budget crisis and this occurred, before the oil price dropped. The deciding votes for this  Bill are Conoco employees, Senator Kevin Meyer and Senator Peter Micciche, and another deciding vote from Click Bishop. What is good for Conoco, is also good for BP and Exxon. The employees of Conoco passed SB 21 into law for their employers and shafted Alaskans. There are many articles in Google on this topic, one being, "Alaska Senate OKs oil industry tax cuts".