Op-Ed Responds to Editorial on Recall Efforts in Clatsop County
Posted on Sep 29, 2009 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Ed Responds to Editorial on Recall Efforts in Clatsop County
Marc Auerbach, one of the leaders of the effort to recall two Clatsop County, Ore., county commissioners, writes in an op-ed carried by The Oregonian that recall of these two officials is appropriate. The piece, written in response to an editorial carried by the newspaper yesterday, likens the recall effort to firing an employee of a company and argues that the recall right is not...
FERC Rejects EPA’s Request for Cooperating Agency Status in Weaver’s Cove LNG Proceeding
Posted on Sep 29, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Rejects EPA’s Request for Cooperating Agency Status in Weaver’s Cove LNG Proceeding
Yesterday FERC announced that it has rejected EPA’s request for cooperating agency status in the Weaver’s Cove LNG offshore berth proceeding. According to the Commission, the decision was based on EPA’s statements that the agency would not pledge not to release pre-decisional information related to the NEPA analysis of the project. FERC noted that if EPA modifies its...
Repsol CEO Expects Canaport LNG to “Create a Lot of Value” Despite Current Market Conditions
Posted on Sep 28, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Repsol CEO Expects Canaport LNG to “Create a Lot of Value” Despite Current Market Conditions
Speaking to Platts LNG Daily [subscription required], Repsol YPF CEO Antonio Brufau said that although natural gas market conditions in North America are not favorable at present, he expects the Canaport LNG import terminal to play a key role in Repsol’s global portfolio of...
New Brunswick Premier Reiterates Province’s Opposition to LNG Terminals in Passamaquoddy Bay
Posted on Sep 28, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on New Brunswick Premier Reiterates Province’s Opposition to LNG Terminals in Passamaquoddy Bay
New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham reiterates his government’s opposition to LNG projects sited in Passamaquoddy Bay in an op-ed published by the Telegraph-Journal. In the op-ed, the Premier affirms his “sovereign and legal duty to ensure that the interests and concerns of our residents are taken into account and defended by all appropriate means as these [LNG] projects...
Massachusetts, City of Fall River Request Rehearing in Weaver’s Cove LNG Proceeding
Posted on Sep 28, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Massachusetts, City of Fall River Request Rehearing in Weaver’s Cove LNG Proceeding
Late last week the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the City of Fall River, and Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley jointly filed a request for rehearing of FERC’s determination that Weaver’s Cove Energy has met the requirements specified in Condition 40 of the Commission’s 2005 conditional order approving the project. The request is available in the FERC eLibrary...