AES Sparrows Point LNG Addresses EPA’s Comments on Project
Posted on Apr 2, 2009 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on AES Sparrows Point LNG Addresses EPA’s Comments on Project
AES Sparrows Point LNG, LLC and Mid-Atlantic Express, LLC yesterday filed a joint response to two concerns raised by the U.S. EPA. The response is available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....
FERC Sets Timeline for Environmental Review of Downeast LNG Project
Posted on Apr 1, 2009 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Sets Timeline for Environmental Review of Downeast LNG Project
On Monday FERC released a timeline for its environmental review of the planned Downeast LNG import proposal. FERC set September 18, 2009, as the deadline for issuing the Final EIS, and December 17, 2009, as the deadline for FERC’s final authorization decision. The schedule can be found in FERC’s eLibrary under...
FERC Responds to Comments by Mass. State Senator
Posted on Apr 1, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC Responds to Comments by Mass. State Senator
FERC issued a response to Mass. State Senator Joan M. Menard’s comments on the Weaver’s Cove offshore LNG berthing proposal. FERC’s letter is available in the Commission’s eLibrary under Docket No....
EIA: U.S. Natural Gas Imports, Including LNG, Likely to Decline By 2030
Posted on Apr 1, 2009 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on EIA: U.S. Natural Gas Imports, Including LNG, Likely to Decline By 2030
In its Annual Energy Outlook 2009, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) predicts that U.S. natural gas net imports, including LNG, will account for 3% of the U.S. natural gas supply by 2030, down from 16% in 2007. The EIA also predicts that U.S. LNG imports will peak at 1.5 Tcf in 2018, but will decline to 800 Bcf in...
Connecticut Governor Critical of Plan to Expand FERC’s Infrastructure Siting Authority
Posted on Apr 1, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Connecticut Governor Critical of Plan to Expand FERC’s Infrastructure Siting Authority
Citing the state’s unsuccessful efforts to persuade FERC to grant it a “seat at the table” for discussions regarding the Broadwater LNG import proposal, Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell (R) has announced her opposition to legislation under consideration in the U.S. Senate that would expand FERC’s energy infrastructure siting authority. Governor Rell told...