Coalition President Suggests Industry Influence Delayed Mass. Siting Report
Posted on Jul 6, 2006 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Coalition President Suggests Industry Influence Delayed Mass. Siting Report
Joseph Carvalho, president of the Coalition for the Responsible Siting of Liquefied Natural Gas, has called the Massachusetts LNG Commission a “sham” after it missed a June 30 deadline for producing its formal report on LNG facility siting. “We all know there are lots of big money special interests at work here,” Carvalho said. State Sen. Menard (D-Bristol and...
Editorial: BP Should Bear Security Costs of Crown Landing
Posted on Jul 6, 2006 in Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Editorial: BP Should Bear Security Costs of Crown Landing
As BP and state and local officials negotiate the security arrangements for the company’s proposed Crown Landing LNG terminal in Logan Township, N.J., the Gloucester County Times looks at the “real, costly and continuous” security measures and calls for “clear public assurances that [BP] will shoulder the bulk of those security costs.” [This article is no...
Neptune Representatives Discuss Offshore Project With Local Residents
Posted on Jul 6, 2006 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Neptune Representatives Discuss Offshore Project With Local Residents
At last week’s meeting with the Marblehead Board of Selectman, representatives from Suez Energy Internationaland its subsidiary, Neptune LNG LLC, discussed Neptune’s deepwater LNG terminal proposed offshore Massachusetts. The representatives noted several key projectdevelopments, including design changes to decrease impact on the environment, FERC’s recent release of a...
State and Local Officials Seek Greater Control Over Long Island Sound
Posted on Jul 6, 2006 in Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on State and Local Officials Seek Greater Control Over Long Island Sound
Suffolk Life Newspapers reports on state and county legislative initiatives aimed at blocking Broadwater Energy’s proposed LNG terminal for Long Island Sound. On June 23, the New York State Assembly passed a bill spearheaded by Assemblymen Fred Thiele (R-Bridgehampton) and Marc Alessi (D-Wading River) that would create a permit process for any proposed industrial use of the...
Editorial: Brewster Island Proposal Deserves Open Legislative Process
Posted on Jul 5, 2006 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Editorial: Brewster Island Proposal Deserves Open Legislative Process
The Providence Journal “strongly favor[s] LNG” and supports AES’ Battery Rock LNG proposal. However, the paper criticizes the inclusion of the necessary legislation in the “rush to finish the fiscal 2007 budget,” saying that the “budget becomes a cover for legislators’ doing in secret what they would have difficulty doing...
FERC and USCG Await Additional Data on Broadwater
Posted on Jul 5, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC and USCG Await Additional Data on Broadwater
According to The Day,Broadwater Energy spokesperson Amy Kelley says the company’s plans to build an LNG terminal in Long Island Sound remain on course despite repeated requests from FERC and the U.S. Coast Guard for required designinformation. Kelley says that the company expects to submit the information sometime next month. Coast Guard Lt. Commander Alan Blume of Sector Long Island...