SCAQMD Recommends LNG Imports Meet Lower Wobbe Index to Enhance Air Quality
Posted on May 11, 2006 in Environmental, Gas Composition, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on SCAQMD Recommends LNG Imports Meet Lower Wobbe Index to Enhance Air Quality
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) is urging the California Public Utilities Commission to adopt natural gas composition specifications that require large, new supplies of natural gas to meet a Wobbe Index of 1360 Btu/scf. In a letter filed by the SCAQMD in the CPUC’s current rulemaking proceeding considering the adoption of gas quality and...
Kelliher Comments on Gas Composition and LNG Regional Siting Policy
Posted on Apr 25, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Gas Composition, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Kelliher Comments on Gas Composition and LNG Regional Siting Policy
FERC Chairman Joseph Kelliher today commented on current natural gas industry issues, including gas composition issues and arguments for regional LNG terminal siting. Speaking at the monthly Natural Gas Roundtable in Washington, Kelliher stated that a rulemaking setting national standards for gas quality and interchangeability “presupposes a national problem,” which...
FERC Judge Rejects WGL Environ Report as “Entirely Discredited”
Posted on Apr 12, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Gas Composition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Judge Rejects WGL Environ Report as “Entirely Discredited”
In his Initial Decision considering the appropriate gas composition standards for the receipt of revaporized LNG into the Florida Gas Transmission system, FERC Administrative Law Judge Herbert Grossman rejected the evidence put forward by Florida local distribution companies that LNG could cause leaks in pipeline couplings. In an effort to support their allegations, the LDCs had...
Judge Endorses FGT’s Gas Composition Standards in AES v. FGT Complaint Proceeding
Posted on Apr 12, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Gas Composition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Judge Endorses FGT’s Gas Composition Standards in AES v. FGT Complaint Proceeding
Yesterday, FERC Administrative Law Judge Herbert Grossman issued an Initial Decision in a complaint proceeding intended to determine the appropriate gas quality and interchangeability standards necessary to accommodate the introduction of revaporized LNG into the Florida Gas Transmission pipeline system from LNG terminals proposed for the Bahamas. The ALJ approved FGT’s proposed...
FERC Requests WGL Produce Gas Leak Information in a “Timely Manner”
Posted on Apr 10, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Gas Composition, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC Requests WGL Produce Gas Leak Information in a “Timely Manner”
On Thursday, April 6, FERC responded to Washington Gas Light’s request for more time to answer data requests issued by FERC Staff regarding leaks in WGL’s pipeline distribution system. WGL had filed a letter with FERC on April 3, the deadline for WGL to respond to the data requests, indicating that it was “not able to respond” by the deadline. In its response,...
Enhancement Plans Announced for Trunkline LNG Facility
Posted on Apr 5, 2006 in Gas Composition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Enhancement Plans Announced for Trunkline LNG Facility
Southern Union Company has announced the details of its plan to upgrade its Trunkline LNG facility in Lake Charles, La. If approved, the $250 million project will include regasification technology using ambient air temperature, which the company says will increase fuel efficiency and cost savings. It also will involve the construction of a natural gas liquids extraction plant, allowing...