House Panel to Review Impediments to U.S. Energy Exports
Posted on Jun 13, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on House Panel to Review Impediments to U.S. Energy Exports
The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy and Power will hold a hearing on June 18, 2013 regarding “U.S. Energy Abundance: Regulatory, Market, and Legal Barriers to Export.” Witnesses from the U.S. Department of Energy, FERC and the Army Corps of Engineers, as well as representatives from other sectors, are scheduled to appear. Read more in the...
Moniz Puts Hold on Additional LNG Export Approvals
Posted on May 22, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Moniz Puts Hold on Additional LNG Export Approvals
The Associated Press reports that U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz told reporters yesterday that he will not approve additional LNG export applications until he has reviewed the DOE studies on the impacts of LNG exports on U.S. gas supplies and prices, as he promised at his confirmation...
Senate Energy Committee Hears Testimony on LNG Exports
Posted on May 21, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Senate Energy Committee Hears Testimony on LNG Exports
The U.S. Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee heard testimony from a variety of witnesses at a hearing today on estimates of domestic natural gas supply and the potential benefits or unintended consequences caused by expansion of natural gas exports. According to a Law360 article, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) acting Assistant Secretary Christopher Smith told the Committee...
Moniz Confirmed as DOE Secretary
Posted on May 17, 2013 in Federal Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Moniz Confirmed as DOE Secretary
Law360 reports that the U.S. Senate yesterday confirmed Ernest Moniz as the new Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The article states that Moniz supports the deliberative approach to LNG exports taken by former DOE Secretary...
Sierra Club Files Comments Opposing Automatic Approval of U.S. LNG Exports to European Union Nations
Posted on May 14, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Sierra Club Files Comments Opposing Automatic Approval of U.S. LNG Exports to European Union Nations
Sierra Club recently filed comments with the Office of the United States Trade Representative on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership opposing, among other things, inclusion of a provision for “national treatment for trade in gas” that would require automatic approval of U.S. LNG exports to European Union nations. Sierra Club argued that such a...
Japan Continues Push for U.S. LNG Supplies
Posted on May 7, 2013 in LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Japan Continues Push for U.S. LNG Supplies
The Japan Times reports that Japanese Trade Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met with U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Acting Energy Secretary Daniel Poneman in Washington last week to request U.S. government approval of LNG exports to Japan. According to the report, Poneman told Motegi that he fully recognizes that access to U.S. LNG supplies is an urgent issue for Japan, which does not have...