American Public Gas Association Protests Cheniere Marketing’s LNG Export Application
Posted on Jan 3, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on American Public Gas Association Protests Cheniere Marketing’s LNG Export Application
The American Public Gas Association (APGA), a trade organization for publicly owned natural gas distribution systems, filed a protest at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) opposing Cheniere Marketing, LLC’s (Cheniere) application to export LNG to countries without a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. APGA argued that approval of Cheniere’s application would not be consistent with the public interest because approval would increase domestic natural gas prices and jeopardize potential growth in the manufacturing sector and the transition away from more environmentally damaging fossil fuels. The protest can be found on DOE’s website under Docket No. 12-97-LNG.