Mass. State LNG Commission to Release Report Next Week
Posted on Jun 21, 2006 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Mass. State LNG Commission to Release Report Next Week
A Massachusetts state commission on LNG siting is expected to release a statewide plan next week. The commission conducted a two-month study assessing LNG projects that have been proposed for the state and gathering information from industry experts and local activists on the best sites for LNG terminals. The Associated Press article is carried via Boston’s WBZ-AM...
Schwarzenegger Decision on Cabrillo Port Expected in 2006
Posted on Jun 21, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Schwarzenegger Decision on Cabrillo Port Expected in 2006
BHP Billiton’s Cabrillo Port LNG terminal “should come before” Gov. Arnold Schwarzenneger by the end of 2006 for his decision under the Deepwater Port Act, according to California Resources Agency Undersecretary of Energy Affairs Joe Desmond. “I say ‘should’ because many of these projects have experienced delays at different times…but under the...
Public Meetings Scheduled for Pascagoula LNG Terminal Proposals
Posted on Jun 20, 2006 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Public Meetings Scheduled for Pascagoula LNG Terminal Proposals
A FERC-sponsored public hearing to solicit feedback on the draft Environmental Impact Statements for Chevron’s proposed Casotte Landing LNG terminal and Gulf LNG Energy’s proposed terminal, both in Pascagoula, Miss., will take place this Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Pascagoula High School cafeteria. Today’s Sun Herald also reports that the Mississippi Department...
Commissioner Brownell Says LNG Projects Require Local Support to Succeed
Posted on Jun 19, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Commissioner Brownell Says LNG Projects Require Local Support to Succeed
The Oregonian yesterday reported that FERC Commissioner Nora Mead Brownell told attendees at a seminar in Portland last month, “No project in the end gets done if a local community doesn’t want it.” She explained, “If you don’t have a good relationship with the community, you really have to think about whether that’s a viable project in the...
Crown Landing Approval Still Faces Hurdles
Posted on Jun 19, 2006 in LNGLawBlog, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Crown Landing Approval Still Faces Hurdles
Following FERC’s approval of BP’s Crown Landing LNG terminal, the Courier-Post Online reports that additional hurdles must be cleared before construction of the $600 million facility can begin. In addition to getting approval from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and a win in the U.S. Supreme Court over a jurisdictional dispute with...
Local Government Supports Terminal Expansion
Posted on Jun 19, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local Government Supports Terminal Expansion
The Calvert County Board of Commissioners praised the FERC’s decision to approve the Cove Point LNG terminal expansion, according to Friday’s PR Newswire. The expansion, which will nearly double the terminal’s LNG storage capacity, was described by the Board as “environmentally and operationally sound” and “key in providing new gas supplies to the...