Pipeline Project’s Economic Benefits Touted at FERC Hearing
Posted on Jan 11, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Markets and Competition, Pipelines, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Pipeline Project’s Economic Benefits Touted at FERC Hearing
Monday night’s environmental scoping meeting with FERC officials turned into a forum on construction issues. Representatives from Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline said the company’s proposed pipeline expansion project would accommodate natural gas consumers from Massachusetts to Maine and create local jobs, but neighbors worried about construction impacts....
High LNG Prices in Europe Lure Shipments Away From U.S
Posted on Jan 11, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on High LNG Prices in Europe Lure Shipments Away From U.S
Speaking at a Reuters-sponsored conference on regulation, FERC Chairman Joseph Kelliher said today that U.S. LNG terminals are operating at less than full capacity because high natural gas prices have caused energy companies to divert cargoes from the United States to Europe. He attributes the trend partly to policies in Spain that assure LNG providers a premium relative to the current...
WSJ Criticizes Efforts to Impede LNG Development
Posted on Jan 10, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on WSJ Criticizes Efforts to Impede LNG Development
An editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal criticizes two Mass. politicians for inserting language in a federal transportation bill that prevents the demolition of the Brightman Street Bridge, an event which is necessary for tankers to reach the proposed Weaver’s Cove LNG terminal in Fall River, Mass. The newspaper says such efforts to impede LNG development are unsound in...
Rehearing Yet To Issue for Weaver’s Cove
Posted on Jan 10, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Rehearing Yet To Issue for Weaver’s Cove
Yesterday’s Herald News reports that FERC has not yet issued a rehearing to address the agency’s order allowing Hess LNG to build a regasification terminal in Fall River, Mass., nor is it clear when they might schedule one. The city, along with the Rhode Island and Massachusetts attorneys general, filed a motion almost five months ago in opposition to the project. A FERC...
Op-ed Says Coal Is Better Than LNG
Posted on Jan 10, 2006 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-ed Says Coal Is Better Than LNG
An op-ed in yesterday’s Ventura County Star says the abundance of coal in the United States makes it unnecessary to rely on imported LNG.