CLF Requests Supplemental EIS for Weaver’s Cove, Predicting up to 6-Year Delay
Posted on Feb 27, 2006 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNGLawBlog, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on CLF Requests Supplemental EIS for Weaver’s Cove, Predicting up to 6-Year Delay
The Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) on Friday filed a motion asking FERC to reopen the evidentiary record and prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Weaver’s Cove LNG project. CLF says that new evidence “fundamentally changes the Commission’s analysis of alternatives” and undermines the “essence of the Commission’s...
New Brunswick to Put Pressure on New Canadian PM
Posted on Feb 27, 2006 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on New Brunswick to Put Pressure on New Canadian PM
Local and provincial politicians from New Brunswick are urging new Minister of Veterans Affairs and local Member of Parliament Greg Thompson to use his influence with the new Canadian Prime Minister to halt three proposed LNG terminals in Maine. John Craig, the mayor of St. Andrews, New Brunswick, has indicated that his town has “given Greg (Thompson) about 60 days from the...
Cove Point and LNG Importers Tell FERC WGL’s Distribution System Is Marginal
Posted on Feb 23, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Gas Composition, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Cove Point and LNG Importers Tell FERC WGL’s Distribution System Is Marginal
Yesterday, FERC Staff convened a Procedural Conference in the Dominion Cove Point Expansion proceedings to consider the appropriate next steps for the timely processing of the expansion applications in light of allegations by Washington Gas Light that Cove Point gas has caused a significant increase in leaks on its system in Prince George’s County, Md. At the Procedural...
New Regional Approach to LNG Development Sought in New England
Posted on Feb 23, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on New Regional Approach to LNG Development Sought in New England
New England congressmen are asking federal officials to evaluate potential LNG projects from a regional perspective, rather than assessing each LNG terminal proposal on a case-by-case basis. “We believe that this ad hoc approach is unsuitable for New England and that a more comprehensive and regional approach is required,” the legislators said in the letter to Department of...
SES Responds to FERC Data Request
Posted on Feb 23, 2006 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on SES Responds to FERC Data Request
Yesterday, SES responded to 39 of 42 questions raised in FERC’s February 1 data request regarding SES’ proposed Long Beach LNG Import Terminal. By March 3, SES plans to provide the remaining responses addressing revised thermal exclusion zone analyses using local meteorological data, documentation supporting SES’ assertion that the project will “reduce price...
Comments on Southern’s Cypress Project Address Interchangeability
Posted on Feb 22, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Gas Composition, Markets and Competition, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Comments on Southern’s Cypress Project Address Interchangeability
Florida Power & Light Company and Peoples Gas System submitted comments this week on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Southern Natural Gas Company’s Cypress Pipeline Project, which would link the Elba Island LNG terminal in Georgia to Florida gas markets. Both parties are seeking removal of the FERC Staff conclusion in the DEIS, which states that “we do not...