U.S. Senate Rejects Amendment Giving States More Authority in LNG Terminal Siting
Posted on Jun 20, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on U.S. Senate Rejects Amendment Giving States More Authority in LNG Terminal Siting
Dow Jones reports (via CNNMoney.com) that the U.S. Senate voted down an amendment proposed by Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.) and Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) to the comprehensive energy bill under consideration in the Senate this week. The amendment would have required the Army Corps of Engineers to receive approval from the affected state’s governor before issuing permits for the...
Mass. State Officials Take Aerial Tour of LNG Site
Posted on Jun 19, 2007 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Mass. State Officials Take Aerial Tour of LNG Site
The Associated Press (carried via WPRI Eyewitness News) reports that three Massachusetts state government executives will take part today in an aerial tour of the Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge project currently being constructed by Excelerate...
Kenai LNG Owners Oppose Open-Access Request
Posted on Jun 18, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Kenai LNG Owners Oppose Open-Access Request
ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. and Marathon Oil Co., the owner-operators of the Kenai LNG liquefaction and export facility, announced their opposition to a proposal put forward by the State of Alaska to operate the Kenai LNG facility as an open-access terminal. The state, along with private intervenors, made its request to the Department of Energy, although ConocoPhillips and Marathon...
Local Communities to Raise Bradwood Landing Pipeline Concerns at FERC
Posted on Jun 15, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local Communities to Raise Bradwood Landing Pipeline Concerns at FERC
The Daily News (Longview, Wash.) reports that officials from the City of Clatskanie, Wash., Columbia County, Ore., and the Port of St. Helens are drafting comments to send to FERC in opposition to NorthernStar Natural Gas’ planned gas pipeline from the proposed Bradwood Landing LNG terminal to an existing pipeline by traversing the Port of Westwood. Clatskanie Mayor Diane Pohl...
Op-Ed: LNG Imports and Carbon Emissions Control Not Compatible
Posted on Jun 14, 2007 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Ed: LNG Imports and Carbon Emissions Control Not Compatible
An op-ed in the Ventura County Star [free registration required] asserts that the state of California is attempting to pursue two opposing policies: diversifying natural gas supplies through the importation of LNG and working to reduce carbon emissions. The author notes that the California Coastal Commission cited greenhouse gas emissions in its rejection of the Cabrillo Port LNG...
Activists Urge Gov. Spitzer to Oppose Broadwater LNG Terminal
Posted on Jun 13, 2007 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Activists Urge Gov. Spitzer to Oppose Broadwater LNG Terminal
Newsday reports that anti-Broadwater activists met with legislators and the state’s deputy secretary for the environment in Albany, N.Y., yesterday to urge opposition to the proposed terminal. New York Governor Eliot Spitzer (D) acknowledged that he had heard their message and remained undecided. Gov. Spitzer told the press, “[w]hat you look at, at the end of the day, is...