FERC Chairman Tentatively Informs Alaskan Officials FERC May Not Oversee Proposed Gas Pipeline
Posted on Mar 23, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, Markets and Competition, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC Chairman Tentatively Informs Alaskan Officials FERC May Not Oversee Proposed Gas Pipeline
Last week FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff told Alaskan state officials that the Commission likely would leave oversight of a planned intrastate natural gas pipeline to Alaskan authorities. According to the Fairbanks News Miner, this informal assessment is not final because the full commission has not addressed the question. Separately, a study commissioned by Alaskan gas and electrical...
County Commissioners Pass Resolution Against Gas Pipelines Associated with LNG Proposals
Posted on Mar 22, 2010 in Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on County Commissioners Pass Resolution Against Gas Pipelines Associated with LNG Proposals
Last Wednesday the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to pass a resolution expressing opposition to two natural gas pipeline projects that are associated with LNG import facilities proposed in Oregon. The gas pipelines would cross 23 miles of land in Yamhill County. The News-Register (Yamhill Valley, Ore.) offers additional...
Former Alaskan Senator Advocating Export of North Slope Gas to Asia
Posted on Mar 15, 2010 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition, Pipelines, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Former Alaskan Senator Advocating Export of North Slope Gas to Asia
Revising his previous position on a natural gas pipeline that would transport gas from Alaska’s North Slope through Canada to markets in the lower 48 states, former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens is now advocating for North Slope gas to be piped to Kenai or Valdez on the Alaskan Pacific coast and exported to Asia as LNG. As reported by the Anchorage Daily News, Stevens no longer...
WGL, Dominion Present Oral Arguments to D.C. Circuit Over Cove Point Expansion
Posted on Mar 15, 2010 in Gas Composition, Litigation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on WGL, Dominion Present Oral Arguments to D.C. Circuit Over Cove Point Expansion
Lawyers for Washington Gas Light (WGL), FERC and Dominion presented oral arguments over the Cove Point LNG terminal Expansion Project to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. WGL argued that the Expansion Project would increase flows of regasified LNG on WGL’s distribution system, and those flows could cause damage to their equipment. FERC responded by emphasizing that...
FERC Grants Trunkline LNG’s Request to Place Infrastructure Enhancement Project in Service
Posted on Mar 12, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Grants Trunkline LNG’s Request to Place Infrastructure Enhancement Project in Service
Yesterday FERC granted Trunkline LNG’s request to place its Infrastructure Enhancement Project into full service. FERC’s authorization is available in the eLibrary under Docket No....
FERC Schedules Public Meetings on Pipeline Project Associated with Oregon LNG Terminal
Posted on Mar 11, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Schedules Public Meetings on Pipeline Project Associated with Oregon LNG Terminal
FERC has scheduled three public meetings on April 20, 21, and 22, 2010, to hear testimony regarding the Oregon Pipeline, a pipeline associated with the planned Oregon LNG import terminal. The complete schedule of public meetings is available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....