Uniform Transmission Rate Approved for SoCal Gas and SDG&E
Posted on Apr 14, 2006 in Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Uniform Transmission Rate Approved for SoCal Gas and SDG&E
The California Public Utilities Commission has approved a proposal that would create a uniform transmission rate for customers of Southern California Gas and San Diego Gas & Electric. The change will accommodate incoming gas from the Costa Azul LNG terminal in Baja California, which is expected to come online in 2008, and will lower gas transmission rates for SDG&E customers....
Canadian Ambassador Comments on LNG Development in Maine
Posted on Apr 13, 2006 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Canadian Ambassador Comments on LNG Development in Maine
Canadian Ambassador Michael Wilson last week wrote FERC Chairman Kelliher to express concerns regarding the proposed LNG terminals on the Maine side of Passamaquoddy Bay. The Ambassador informed Kelliher that the Governor of Canada is conducting a study scheduled for completion this summer that examines the potential navigational, safety, and environmental risks posed by the LNG import...
ConocoPhillips Official Addresses “Extremely Misleading” Information
Posted on Apr 13, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on ConocoPhillips Official Addresses “Extremely Misleading” Information
Kevin Elm, project manager for the proposed Beacon Port LNG terminal, says that a quotation published by the Galveston Daily News “provided some extremely misleading” information regarding the potential environmental and marine impacts of the project. Elm challenged statistics given by Briana Kerstein, the outreach coordinator for Gulf Restoration Network, who said at a...
ConocoPhillips Schedules Vendor Fair for Compass Port Project
Posted on Apr 13, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on ConocoPhillips Schedules Vendor Fair for Compass Port Project
In an effort to keep its promise to spend $100 million in Alabama on the construction of the proposed offshore Compass Port LNG terminal, ConocoPhillips announced that it will sponsor a vendor fair on April 24 in Mobile for companies potentially interested in the project. According to Steve Lawless, the company’s manager of stakeholder relations and permitting, the fair is...
Maine Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Access to Quoddy Bay Records
Posted on Apr 13, 2006 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Maine Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Access to Quoddy Bay Records
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court yesterday heard oral arguments in the appeal of a ruling that said the Passamaquoddy Tribe is not subject to the state’s Freedom of Access Act. The Bangor Daily News and Quoddy Tides sued the Tribe for denying reporters access to council meetings where the land lease for Quoddy Bay LNG was being discussed. At issue is whether the Tribe acted as a...
Op-ed: California Needs LNG to Meet Energy Shortfall
Posted on Apr 13, 2006 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-ed: California Needs LNG to Meet Energy Shortfall
A Westlake Village, Calif. resident says that energy giants would not invest billions of dollars to import LNG into the United States if it were an “unproven new scheme,” as characterized in a previous opinion piece. “This level of investment means they are certain the demand will be there and, if California wants in, it had better figure out the permitting morass or...