Op-Ed: Failure of LNG Projects Proposed for California Casts Doubt on Arguments for LNG Imports
Posted on Mar 25, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Ed: Failure of LNG Projects Proposed for California Casts Doubt on Arguments for LNG Imports
An op-ed carried by the Ventura County Star suggests that the failures of several LNG projects proposed in California, including most recently the failure of the Clearwater Port offshore LNG project, cast doubt on the necessity of LNG imports in the...
Op-Eds Argue Against Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Posted on Mar 25, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Eds Argue Against Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Two op-ed pieces carried by the Herald News (Fall River, Mass.) this week present arguments against the planned Weaver’s Cove LNG project. The first, authored by a member of the LNG Working Group, suggests that the numerous setbacks faced by the Weaver’s Cove LNG project coupled with anticipated shale gas volumes in the Northeastern United States should convince project...
Oregon LUBA to Act on Bradwood Landing Appeal by April 6
Posted on Mar 24, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Oregon LUBA to Act on Bradwood Landing Appeal by April 6
The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) has delayed its decision on an appeal of two Clatsop County land use findings related to the planned Bradwood Landing LNG project. LUBA previously remanded two of the County’s findings for further consideration: that the project was wrongly characterized as “small or moderate” in scale and that the facility would not...
Rhode Island Legislator Proposes Several Million Dollars in Tolls for LNG Vessels Delivering to Weaver’s Cove Terminal
Posted on Mar 24, 2010 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Rhode Island Legislator Proposes Several Million Dollars in Tolls for LNG Vessels Delivering to Weaver’s Cove Terminal
Rhode Island State Rep. Raymond E. Gallison, Jr., (D) has proposed H 7608, a bill that would require LNG vessels to pay $1 million in tolls to each of seven shoreline communities the vessel would pass to reach the Weaver’s Cove LNG terminal. According to the Herald News (Fall River, Mass.), the bill also would require LNG vessels delivering to the terminal to carry at least $1...
FERC Chairman Tentatively Informs Alaskan Officials FERC May Not Oversee Proposed Gas Pipeline
Posted on Mar 23, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, Markets and Competition, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC Chairman Tentatively Informs Alaskan Officials FERC May Not Oversee Proposed Gas Pipeline
Last week FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff told Alaskan state officials that the Commission likely would leave oversight of a planned intrastate natural gas pipeline to Alaskan authorities. According to the Fairbanks News Miner, this informal assessment is not final because the full commission has not addressed the question. Separately, a study commissioned by Alaskan gas and electrical...
Local Residents Complain of a Lack of Notice of Port Commission’s Meeting
Posted on Mar 23, 2010 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local Residents Complain of a Lack of Notice of Port Commission’s Meeting
The Daily Astorian reports that a number of local residents voiced their discontent with the short notice provided by the Port of Astoria Commission prior to a meeting held last Friday afternoon. The meeting, which was announced at 4:40 p.m. on Thursday, resulted in a 4-0 vote to extend a lease for the property that will be sublet to Oregon LNG for the company’s regasification...