Distrigas and Citizen’s Energy Team Up To Expand Low-Income Energy Programs
Posted on Jan 6, 2006 in LNGLawBlog, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Distrigas and Citizen’s Energy Team Up To Expand Low-Income Energy Programs
Distrigas, operator of the Everett LNG terminal in Massachusetts, has reached an agreement with Citizen’s Energy to contribute to a low-income energy assistance fund each time an LNG vessel docks at the terminal. The commitment totals $1 million dollars and the money will be used “to help residents whose government fuel assistance has run out.” The...
Sierra Club of Canada Argues Keltic LNG Should Undergo More Rigorous Review
Posted on Jan 6, 2006 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNGLawBlog, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Sierra Club of Canada Argues Keltic LNG Should Undergo More Rigorous Review
Citing potential environmental damage and “the risk of an explosion,” the Sierra Club of Canada issued a statement today disagreeing with the determination of the Canadian Ministry of the Environment that the proposed Keltic LNG terminal in Goldboro, Nova Scotia should only undergo a comprehensive study. Instead, the environmental watchdog argued that the proposal should...
Tribe Need Not Release LNG Documents
Posted on Jan 6, 2006 in LNGLawBlog, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Tribe Need Not Release LNG Documents
A Maine court ruled last week that Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Reservation does not need to release information about its LNG discussions, because in negotiating a land lease with Quoddy Bay LNG the Reservation acted as a business corporation rather than as a municipality. Two newspapers had sued the Reservation under the Maine Freedom of Access Act, seeking lease agreements and...
Coast Guard and Navy Reach Agreement on Weaver’s Cove LNG
Posted on Jan 6, 2006 in Federal Regulation, LNGLawBlog, Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Coast Guard and Navy Reach Agreement on Weaver’s Cove LNG
The U.S. Coast Guard sent a letter today to the U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division in Newport, Rhode Island, memorializing language agreed to by the Coast Guard and the Navy, which is intended to allay the concerns the Navy expressed in its late motion to intervene in the Weaver’s Cove LNG terminal proceeding at FERC. The language is to be included in the Coast...
Energy Secretary Bodman Confident Diverted LNG Cargoes Won’t Affect U.S. Supply
Posted on Jan 6, 2006 in LNGLawBlog, Markets and Competition, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Energy Secretary Bodman Confident Diverted LNG Cargoes Won’t Affect U.S. Supply
Emphasizing the fact that LNG currently is a relatively small percentage of the overall U.S. gas supply, Secretary of Energy Sam Bodman indicated he is not worried about the possibility that higher European natural gas prices would draw many LNG vessels to Europe as opposed to the U.S. Bodman also noted that a majority of the shipments that diverted to Europe during the summer of...
Delaware Urges Supreme Court To Appoint Special Master in Boundary Case with New Jersey
Posted on Jan 5, 2006 in LNGLawBlog, Marine Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Delaware Urges Supreme Court To Appoint Special Master in Boundary Case with New Jersey
In a responsive motion filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on December 28, Delaware has asked the Court to appoint a Special Master to conduct a fact-finding procedure, including comprehensive “historical research,” in order to determine the states’ ability to regulate use of the Delaware River. New Jersey previously requested that the Court make a decision in 2006,...