Because of U.S. shale natural gas, the United States “is no longer a big importer of or will not need to be an importer of liquefied natural gas [LNG],” the State Department coordinator for International Energy Affairs said Tuesday.
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Larry Persily, a former aide to ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, has been nominated by President Obama as federal coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects. In addition, Patricia Hoffman was nominated to helm the Office of Electricity and Energy Reliability, which has been tasked with creating a smart power grid for the nation. Persily, a former journalist in Alaska, worked for more than 10 years on gas and oil issues for three of the state’s governors, including Palin. Hoffman, a longtime Department of Energy (DOE) official, would serve as assistant secretary for electricity and energy reliability. She has 14 years of experience at the department.
Final Blackout Report Says FirstEnergy, ECAR Dropped Ball on Voltage Issues
Ohio-based FirstEnergy Corp. and the utility’s reliability coordinator, the East Central Area Reliability Council (ECAR), failed to assess and understand the inadequacies of FirstEnergy’s system, particularly with respect to voltage instability and the vulnerability of the Cleveland-Akron area, and FirstEnergy did not operate its system with appropriate voltage criteria, a final report issued last week by a joint U.S.-Canada task force examining the historic Aug. 14, 2003 blackout concludes.