Rhode Island Legislator Proposes Several Million Dollars in Tolls for LNG Vessels Delivering to Weaver’s Cove Terminal
Posted on Mar 24, 2010 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Rhode Island Legislator Proposes Several Million Dollars in Tolls for LNG Vessels Delivering to Weaver’s Cove Terminal
Rhode Island State Rep. Raymond E. Gallison, Jr., (D) has proposed H 7608, a bill that would require LNG vessels to pay $1 million in tolls to each of seven shoreline communities the vessel would pass to reach the Weaver’s Cove LNG terminal. According to the Herald News (Fall River, Mass.), the bill also would require LNG vessels delivering to the terminal to carry at least $1...
Oregon LUBA to Act on Bradwood Landing Appeal by April 6
Posted on Mar 24, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Oregon LUBA to Act on Bradwood Landing Appeal by April 6
The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) has delayed its decision on an appeal of two Clatsop County land use findings related to the planned Bradwood Landing LNG project. LUBA previously remanded two of the County’s findings for further consideration: that the project was wrongly characterized as “small or moderate” in scale and that the facility would not...
Op-Ed: Jobs Touted by Weaver’s Cove LNG Developer Not Sustainable
Posted on Mar 23, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Ed: Jobs Touted by Weaver’s Cove LNG Developer Not Sustainable
Rhode Island State Rep. Deborah Ruggeiro (D) writes in the Fall River Herald News (Mass.) that the job creation touted by developers of the Weaver’s Cove LNG project will be transitory and that the hiring of local workers could be...
Local Residents Complain of a Lack of Notice of Port Commission’s Meeting
Posted on Mar 23, 2010 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local Residents Complain of a Lack of Notice of Port Commission’s Meeting
The Daily Astorian reports that a number of local residents voiced their discontent with the short notice provided by the Port of Astoria Commission prior to a meeting held last Friday afternoon. The meeting, which was announced at 4:40 p.m. on Thursday, resulted in a 4-0 vote to extend a lease for the property that will be sublet to Oregon LNG for the company’s regasification...
Freeport LNG Seeking Authorization to Export Foreign-Sourced LNG to All Countries with Regasification Terminals
Posted on Mar 23, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on Freeport LNG Seeking Authorization to Export Foreign-Sourced LNG to All Countries with Regasification Terminals
Earlier this month Freeport LNG Development, L.P. filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy to amend the company’s blanket authorization to re-export previously imported LNG. According to the announcement in today’s Federal Register, Freeport LNG is seeking authorization to export foreign sourced LNG to any country “with...