FERC Requests Updated Information on Downeast LNG’s Import Terminal Proposal
Posted on Feb 6, 2014 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Requests Updated Information on Downeast LNG’s Import Terminal Proposal
Today, FERC staff sent a letter to Downeast LNG requesting updated information on its proposed LNG import terminal on Passamaquoddy Bay, Washington County, Maine. FERC requested, among other things, that Downeast (1) discuss how changes in domestic gas production since Downeast’s application impact its proposal, (2) state if there have been any changes to the market underlying...
FERC Vacates Authority for AES Sparrows Point LNG Import Terminal
Posted on Nov 8, 2013 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Vacates Authority for AES Sparrows Point LNG Import Terminal
FERC issued an order today vacating authority granted in 2009 to AES Sparrows Point LNG, LLC (AES) and Mid-Atlantic Express, LLC (Mid-Atlantic) to site, construct, and operate an LNG import terminal at Baltimore, Md. and an interconnected pipeline. AES and Mid-Atlantic requested the vacatur since they have decided not to construct the LNG terminal and pipeline facilities. FERC’s order...
AES Sparrows Point Nixes LNG Import Terminal Project
Posted on Sep 27, 2013 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on AES Sparrows Point Nixes LNG Import Terminal Project
AES Sparrows Point LNG and Mid-Atlantic Express have decided not to pursue their proposed LNG import terminal at Baltimore, Md. and interconnected pipeline, and instead have requested that FERC vacate its authorization for the project. The request can be found...
Environmental Groups and Citizens File Comments Opposing Port Ambrose Project
Posted on Aug 23, 2013 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Environmental Groups and Citizens File Comments Opposing Port Ambrose Project
A group of environmental organizations led by Clean Ocean Action, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and numerous citizens have filed comments with the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Maritime Administration opposing Liberty Natural Gas’s Port Ambrose LNG import terminal application. The proposed deepwater terminal would be located offshore New Jersey and New York. Documents...
Construction Begins on Haiti LNG Import Terminal
Posted on Aug 21, 2013 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Construction Begins on Haiti LNG Import Terminal
Haiti Libre reports that construction of a $123 million LNG import terminal has begun near Titanyen, Haiti. A pipeline also will be constructed from the terminal to serve the Port au Prince industrial area. The project sponsors are Haytrac Power and Gas S.A., ANDINAT, PROMIGAZ and GASENER. The project is intended to reduce the environmental pollution caused by the use of charcoal as a...
N.J. State Senator Introduces Resolution Opposing Port Ambrose Project
Posted on Aug 21, 2013 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on N.J. State Senator Introduces Resolution Opposing Port Ambrose Project
New Jersey State Senator Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth) introduced a resolution (SR120) urging federal and New Jersey and New York state officials to prevent construction of Liberty Natural Gas’s proposed Port Ambrose LNG import terminal off the coasts of New Jersey and New York. Beck alleges that the project “could negatively impact some of the shore’s most important...