U.S. District Court Holds Evidentiary Hearing in Quoddy Bay LNG Proceeding
Posted on Jul 2, 2008 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on U.S. District Court Holds Evidentiary Hearing in Quoddy Bay LNG Proceeding
U.S. District Judge John Woodcock heard oral arguments yesterday on two evidentiary motions filed by We Take Care of our Land, a Passamaquoddy tribal organization, in a proceeding against the Bureau of Indian Affairs to oppose construction of the proposed Quoddy Bay LNG regasification project. The Bangor Daily News provides coverage of the...
Local Officials React to FERC’s Public Meeting on Weaver’s Cove LNG Proposal
Posted on Jul 2, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local Officials React to FERC’s Public Meeting on Weaver’s Cove LNG Proposal
The Fall River Herald News carries reactions from three local officials to FERC’s public meeting convened last week regarding the Weaver’s Cove Energy proposal to unload imported LNG in Mt. Hope Bay and transport it via pipeline to a regasification facility along the Taunton...
FERC to Examine Site Control Issue Regarding Oregon LNG’s Proposed LNG Terminal
Posted on Jul 2, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC to Examine Site Control Issue Regarding Oregon LNG’s Proposed LNG Terminal
A FERC spokesperson told the Daily Astorian that the Commission will look into the site control issue raised in the Oregon LNG authorization proceeding, but the Commission will not suspend review. The issue, whether Oregon LNG’s control of the proposed terminal site is compromised by a public right-of-way across the site, was highlighted in a comment filed by the chief executive...
FERC Says Corpus Christi LNG No Longer Required to File Monthly Construction Reports
Posted on Jul 2, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Says Corpus Christi LNG No Longer Required to File Monthly Construction Reports
FERC has granted the request of Corpus Christi LNG (CCLNG) to suspend its filing of monthly construction reports, noting that CCLNG is “no longer conducting any construction related activities” at its site in Corpus Christi, Texas. The filing is available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....
FERC Grants Freeport LNG’s Request to Commence Service
Posted on Jul 2, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Grants Freeport LNG’s Request to Commence Service
Yesterday FERC granted Freeport LNG’s request to commence service at its LNG regasification terminal in Freeport, Texas. FERC’s authorization letter, available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No. CP03-75, notes that ongoing “rehabilitation and restoration of the facility site is proceeding...