Comments Supporting LNG Exports Filed at DOE
Posted on Jan 10, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Comments Supporting LNG Exports Filed at DOE
Comments in support of LNG exports were filed at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by the Marcellus Shale Coalition, the Calvert County Board of Commissioners, and the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber. The National Regulatory Research Institute submitted its own study supporting LNG exports that it had prepared for state utility commissions. The comments and study can be found on...
Senator Wyden Criticizes DOE LNG Export Study
Posted on Jan 10, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Senator Wyden Criticizes DOE LNG Export Study
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), the incoming chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu criticizing the recent study commissioned by DOE on the macroeconomic effects of LNG exports on the U.S. economy. Wyden stated that the flaws of the study “are numerous and render this study insufficient...
Southern LNG Responds to Protests On LNG Export Application
Posted on Jan 9, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Southern LNG Responds to Protests On LNG Export Application
Southern LNG Company, L.L.C. (SLNG), filed an answer to the motions to intervene and protests filed by Sierra Club and the American Public Gas Association (APGA) on SLNG’s application at the U.S. Department of Energy to export LNG from SLNG’s Elba Island, Ga., terminal to countries without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. SLNG opposes APGA’s and Sierra...
Comments Filed on DOE LNG Export Study
Posted on Jan 8, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Comments Filed on DOE LNG Export Study
Comments touting the economic benefits of exporting U.S. produced LNG to countries without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States were submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by Pennsylvania state legislators and the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce. The Fertilizer Institute filed a comment criticizing the Export Study for underestimating the contributions of the...
FERC to Prepare Environmental Assessment for Sabine Pass Modification Project
Posted on Jan 7, 2013 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC to Prepare Environmental Assessment for Sabine Pass Modification Project
FERC issued a notice of intent to prepare an environmental assessment (EA) for the Sabine Pass Liquefaction Modification Project, which involves construction and operation of a heavies removal unit; condensate storage, metering and send-out facilities, four gas pipeline meter stations, natural gas liquids truck loading facilities, and other facility modifications to the Sabine Pass LNG...
Sierra Club and American Public Gas Association Continue Opposition to LNG Exports
Posted on Jan 7, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Sierra Club and American Public Gas Association Continue Opposition to LNG Exports
Sierra Club and the American Public Gas Association (APGA), which represents municipal gas utilities, each filed protests at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) opposing Gulf Coast Liquefaction Company’s application to export LNG to countries without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. Consistent with their previous filings in other dockets, Sierra Club’s protest...