Local Opposition Group Plans Public Campaign Against Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Posted on Nov 30, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local Opposition Group Plans Public Campaign Against Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
LNG opposition group Save The Bay has announced a public campaign against the planned Weaver’s Cove LNG project. The Providence Journal reports that the $12,000 campaign will include radio, newspaper, and billboard...
Three-Nation Alliance Submits Consultant’s Report Challenging Downeast LNG’s Revised Purpose and Need Statement
Posted on Nov 25, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Three-Nation Alliance Submits Consultant’s Report Challenging Downeast LNG’s Revised Purpose and Need Statement
Yesterday, the Three-Nation Alliance submitted a motion to FERC requesting that the Commission reject Downeast LNG’s August 21, 2009, Revised Purpose and Need Statement. The Alliance specifically challenged the fact that Downeast filed a revised purpose and need statement for the project more than one month after the public comment period on the Draft EIS closed. In support of...
Weaver’s Cove Energy Responds to Comments of Massachusetts State Agency
Posted on Nov 25, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Weaver’s Cove Energy Responds to Comments of Massachusetts State Agency
Weaver’s Cove Energy filed comments with FERC yesterday criticizing the actions of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA). Specifically, Weaver’s Cove alleges that EOEEA ignored portions of the record that includes alternatives analysis and that “EOEEA’s attempt to inject itself into the Commission’s NEPA review...
Local Residents Provide Comments to FERC on Truck Deliveries to Freeport LNG Terminal
Posted on Nov 24, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local Residents Provide Comments to FERC on Truck Deliveries to Freeport LNG Terminal
Approximately 30 people attended a public meeting convened by FERC to take comments on the plan to deliver LNG supplies via truck to the Freeport LNG terminal. The Facts (Brazoria County, Texas) provides additional...
Port of Coos Bay Approves Land Purchase Deal with Jordan Cove LNG
Posted on Nov 23, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Port of Coos Bay Approves Land Purchase Deal with Jordan Cove LNG
The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay completed a land purchase agreement with Jordan Cove LNG and Weyerhaeuser Co. The World reports that under the terms of the contractual arrangement, Weyerhaeuser would sell 1,300 acres of land to the Port, which would then transfer 147 acres to Jordan Cove. The Port would retain the remaining portion of the land, using some of it to build a...
Massachusetts Questions Weaver’s Cove Analysis of Regional Gas Market
Posted on Nov 20, 2009 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Massachusetts Questions Weaver’s Cove Analysis of Regional Gas Market
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources provided comments to FERC this week regarding a regional natural gas market study submitted by Weaver’s Cove Energy. The Department asserted “that it is unclear to what extent, if any, Weaver’s Cove’s LNG supply is needed either to meet the region’s gas supply needs or to reduce fossil [fuel] use in the...