FERC Accepts Comments on Jordan Cove LNG After Deadline
Posted on Aug 8, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC Accepts Comments on Jordan Cove LNG After Deadline
The World today reports that, although the public comment period for the Jordan Cove LNG terminal and its associated pipeline ended on June 24, FERC will continue to accept comments as it prepares the draft environmental impact...
Bradwood Landing Requests Federal Schedule
Posted on Aug 7, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Bradwood Landing Requests Federal Schedule
On July 31, Bradwood Landing and NorthernStar Energy filed a motion with FERC requesting the federal agency establish a schedule that would impose deadlines for all required federal authorizations, including those issued by state agencies acting pursuant to federally delegated authority. The request, which cites the Energy Policy Act of 2005 in support, comes after at least two Oregon...
Jordan Cove LNG Critics Urge Community Leaders to Take a Stance
Posted on Aug 7, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Jordan Cove LNG Critics Urge Community Leaders to Take a Stance
The World reports on residents’ frustration as local community leaders decline to take a formal stance on the Jordan Cove LNG terminal and pipeline proposal. “Most of these elected officials, they say they’re still learning about it,” says Jody McCaffree, an opponent of the project. “Even without saying they’re for or against it, they should still...
FERC Reiterates Rejection of WGL’s Claims Regarding Leaks
Posted on Aug 1, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Gas Composition, Pipelines | Comments Off on FERC Reiterates Rejection of WGL’s Claims Regarding Leaks
In an order issued yesterday by FERC in the Dominion Cove Point Pipeline rate case, the Commission refused to revisit the issue of whether LNG from the Cove Point LNG terminal has caused leaks in the Washington Gas Light distribution system. Explaining that the Commission already had decided the matter in its recent order approving the terminal’s expansion, FERC reiterated that...
Kelliher: Storage Facilities May Reach Capacity by August; Additional Storage Infrastructure Needed
Posted on Jul 27, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Markets and Competition, Storage | Comments Off on Kelliher: Storage Facilities May Reach Capacity by August; Additional Storage Infrastructure Needed
Gas storage facilities may reach maximum capacity by late August, two months earlier than expected, if imports of LNG continue to rise during the summer months, FERC Chairman Joseph Kelliher said yesterday at the Platts Energy Podium in Washington, D.C. Kelliher encouraged the construction of additional natural gas storage infrastructure as a means of mitigating the impacts of early...
New Developments in Bradwood Landing LNG Proceeding
Posted on Jul 27, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on New Developments in Bradwood Landing LNG Proceeding
The Daily Astorian reports on several developments related to NorthernStar Natural Gas’ proposed Bradwood Landing LNG terminal on the Columbia River, including NorthernStar’s answer it filed with FERC on July 25 in response to safety and environmental protests previously lodged with the Commission. Separately, the paper also reports that local and state emergency personnel...