In a conciliatory gesture to the states of Washington and Oregon, NorthernStar Energy LLC and Bradwood Landing LLC have asked FERC to hold rehearing of the order approving the proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal and associated pipeline “in abeyance” to give the states more time to mull over the project and requests for state permits.
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FERC Asked to Delay Rehearing of Bradwood Landing
In a conciliatory gesture to the states of Washington and Oregon, NorthernStar Energy LLC and Bradwood Landing LLC have asked FERC to hold rehearing of the order approving the proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal and associated pipeline “in abeyance” to give the states more time to mull over the project and requests for state permits.
Midcontinent Express Pipe Project Gets FERC Thumbs-Up
FERC late Friday issued a certificate approving the construction of the proposed Midcontinent Express Pipeline, which would give shale producers in Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma access to southern and eastern markets.
Distributors Seek Btu Standards for Tennessee Pipeline
Sixteen distributor customers of Tennessee Gas Pipeline and FPL Energy have petitioned FERC to set appropriate gas quality standards before approving the pipeline’s request to add a 500 MMcf/d connection to regasified liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies to its system. The group objected to the filing of the interconnection application under the Commission’s fast-track prior notice procedures (CP08-400).
Distributors Seek Btu Standards for Tennessee Pipeline
Sixteen distributor customers of Tennessee Gas Pipeline and FPL Energy have petitioned FERC to set appropriate gas quality standards before approving the pipeline’s request to add a 500 MMcf/d connection to regasified liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies to its system. The group objected to the filing of the interconnection application under the Commission’s fast-track prior notice procedures (CP08-400).
Court Vacates Order Approving Cove Point LNG Expansion
A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, Friday vacated a FERC order approving an expansion of Dominion Cove Point LP’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Lusby, MD, ruling that the evidence did not support the agency’s conclusion that a DC-based utility can fix widespread leaks on its system before the expansion goes into operation.
Court Vacates Order Approving Cove Point LNG Expansion
A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, Friday vacated a FERC order approving an expansion of Dominion Cove Point LP’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Lusby, MD, ruling that the evidence did not support the agency’s conclusion that a DC-based utility can fix widespread leaks on its system before the expansion goes into operation.
FERC Denies Plea for Stay of Transwestern’s Phoenix Lateral
FERC Thursday denied a request for a stay of its November 2007 order approving Transwestern Pipeline’s proposal to extend its pipeline system 260 miles from its mainline in Yavapai County, AZ, to delivery points in the growing Phoenix market (see Daily GPI, Nov. 19, 2007).
FERC Denies Plea for Stay of Transwestern’s Phoenix Lateral
FERC last Thursday denied a request for a stay of its November 2007 order approving Transwestern Pipeline’s proposal to extend its pipeline system 260 miles from its mainline in Yavapai County, AZ, to delivery points in the growing Phoenix market (see NGI, Nov. 19, 2007).
Appeals Court Refuses to Get Entangled in Controversial LNG Project
A federal appeals court in Boston Friday rejected challenges to FERC’s order conditionally approving Weaver’s Cove Energy’s proposed liquefied natural Gas (LNG) terminal in Fall River, MA, saying it was unlikely that the project would get built anyway.