Distrigas and Citizen’s Energy Team Up To Expand Low-Income Energy Programs
Posted on Jan 6, 2006 in LNGLawBlog, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Distrigas and Citizen’s Energy Team Up To Expand Low-Income Energy Programs
Distrigas, operator of the Everett LNG terminal in Massachusetts, has reached an agreement with Citizen’s Energy to contribute to a low-income energy assistance fund each time an LNG vessel docks at the terminal. The commitment totals $1 million dollars and the money will be used “to help residents whose government fuel assistance has run out.” The...
Tribe Need Not Release LNG Documents
Posted on Jan 6, 2006 in LNGLawBlog, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Tribe Need Not Release LNG Documents
A Maine court ruled last week that Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Reservation does not need to release information about its LNG discussions, because in negotiating a land lease with Quoddy Bay LNG the Reservation acted as a business corporation rather than as a municipality. Two newspapers had sued the Reservation under the Maine Freedom of Access Act, seeking lease agreements and...
Bahamian Diplomat Opposes Government Capitulation to U.S. on Proposed LNG Terminal
Posted on Jan 5, 2006 in LNGLawBlog, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Bahamian Diplomat Opposes Government Capitulation to U.S. on Proposed LNG Terminal
The Bahamian ambassador to China and former ambassador to the EU, Sir Arthur Foulkes, opposes the proposed LNG terminals in the Bahamas and the associated pipeline to Florida. He argues that the LNG project will damage the area’s tourism industry and comments on recent statements by Prime Minister Perry Christie and U.S. Ambassador John Rood. The article is carried on the...
Delaware Urges Supreme Court To Appoint Special Master in Boundary Case with New Jersey
Posted on Jan 5, 2006 in LNGLawBlog, Marine Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Delaware Urges Supreme Court To Appoint Special Master in Boundary Case with New Jersey
In a responsive motion filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on December 28, Delaware has asked the Court to appoint a Special Master to conduct a fact-finding procedure, including comprehensive “historical research,” in order to determine the states’ ability to regulate use of the Delaware River. New Jersey previously requested that the Court make a decision in 2006,...
Gas Market Expert Argues All-Land Pipeline Better Deal for Alaska Than LNG
Posted on Jan 5, 2006 in Liquefaction, LNGLawBlog, Markets and Competition, Pipelines, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Gas Market Expert Argues All-Land Pipeline Better Deal for Alaska Than LNG
The January issue of the Alaska Journal of Commerce reports on a speech by University of Alaska Professor Douglas Reynolds, in which he argues that Alaska would benefit more from an all-land pipeline from Alaska through Canada to the Lower 48 than from building a liquefaction facility at Valdez and shipping the LNG to the U.S. West Coast. Reynolds asserts that as a result of...
Georgia State Legislator Considering Bill To Encourage Elba Island Expansion
Posted on Jan 5, 2006 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Georgia State Legislator Considering Bill To Encourage Elba Island Expansion
Georgia State Congressman Jeff Lewis of Cartersville, Chairman of the House Public Utilities Commission, has indicated that he is considering legislation that would encourage the expansion of the Elba Island LNG terminal in order to bring more supplies of natural gas to Georgia consumers. Lewis also plans to introduce a bill to do away with the state sales tax on...