LNG Developers Meet with Local Business Leaders
Posted on Jul 20, 2007 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on LNG Developers Meet with Local Business Leaders
Representatives from Excelerate Energy and Suez North America, the developers of the Northeast Gateway deepwater port and the Neptune deepwater port, respectively, met yesterday with members of the North Shore Chamber of Commerce to discuss the anticipated economic impact of the two approved LNG projects. Excelerate vice president Jonathan Cook estimated that his company would inject...
LNG Trade Group Opposes California LNG Bill
Posted on Jul 20, 2007 in Markets and Competition, Policy, Legislation and Politics, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on LNG Trade Group Opposes California LNG Bill
The Center for Liquefied Natural Gas (CLNG) yesterday announced its opposition to California Senate Bill 412, which would compel California state authorities to issue a study on whether or not the California energy market really requires LNG in the future. Calling SB 412 “redundant and a waste of taxpayer dollars,” CLNG cites a 2005 report co-authored by California’s...
County Officials Follow-Up on Points Raised by Local Residents at Bradwood Landing Hearing
Posted on Jul 19, 2007 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on County Officials Follow-Up on Points Raised by Local Residents at Bradwood Landing Hearing
Following two days of public testimony at a Clatsop County (Ore.) Planning Commission hearing on NorthernStar’s proposed Bradwood Landing LNG terminal, commissioners followed up on several points raised by local residents. The Daily Astorian reports that commissioners expressed their intention to better understand the “ramifications” of the requested zone changes...
California State Lands Commission Approves Expansion of Pipeline from Costa Azul Terminal
Posted on Jul 17, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on California State Lands Commission Approves Expansion of Pipeline from Costa Azul Terminal
Reuters reports that the California State Lands Commission on Friday approved the expansion of the TransCanada owned North Baja Pipeline to transport natural gas from Sempra’s Energia Costa Azul LNG terminal to the California market. The minutes from the State Lands Commission meeting note that Sempra will be required to complete an annual study to determine the impacts of using...
Sparrows Point LNG Project Denied CZMA Consistency By Maryland
Posted on Jul 17, 2007 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Sparrows Point LNG Project Denied CZMA Consistency By Maryland
Following AES’ rejection of the State of Maryland’s request that the developer stay the federal CZMA consistency review period for its proposed LNG terminal at Sparrows Point, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) denied the project’s consistency “on the grounds that AES has not provided sufficient information necessary for the State to make a federal...
State Board Holds Public Forum on Downeast LNG Proposal
Posted on Jul 17, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on State Board Holds Public Forum on Downeast LNG Proposal
At the first in a series of hearings hosted by the Maine Board of Environmental Protection, Downeast LNG officials, town representatives, and local residents offered their views on the Downeast LNG terminal proposed for Passamaquoddy Bay. A local harbor pilot told those in attendance that “there will be no unreasonable impact on the current navigational, recreational, fishing,...