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FERC Friday issued a favorable final environmental review of Jordan Cove Energy Project LP’s proposal to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal and associated pipeline facilities to serve the Pacific Northwest, northern California and northern Nevada.

FERC Friday issued a favorable draft environmental review of Florida Gas Transmission’s (FGT) proposal to construct 483 miles of pipeline facilities in Alabama, Mississippi and Florida to meet expanding gas-fired power generation demand in the Sunshine State.

FERC Friday issued a favorable draft environmental review of Florida Gas Transmission’s (FGT) proposal to construct 483 miles of pipeline facilities in Alabama, Mississippi and Florida to meet expanding gas-fired power generation demand in the Sunshine State.

Citing a favorable record on energy efficiency and emissions, the CEO of Piedmont Natural Gas Tuesday called for Congress to exclude residential and commercial natural gas customers from a “rigid” cap-and-trade system.

FERC has issued favorable environmental assessments to CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Co. (CEGT) and Williams’ Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line (Transco) to carry out mostly compression expansions of their pipeline systems.

FERC has issued a favorable environmental assessment (EA) to Atmos Pipeline and Storage LLC, an affiliate of of natural gas distribution provider Atmos Energy Corp., to build a nearly 25 Bcf high-deliverability storage facility in Fort Necessity in northeastern Louisiana.

As the state was still trying to overturn a favorable FERC ruling on its liquefied natural gas (LNG) project’s conditioned approval, NorthernStar Natural Gas and proponents of a competing Oregon LNG project separately expressed satisfaction Tuesday with other local, state and federal developments. In all, Oregon still has three active LNG terminal proposals — two along the Columbia River and a third, Jordan Cove, at Coos Bay along the southern half of the Oregon coast.

FERC has issued a favorable environmental assessment (EA) to Liberty Gas Storage LLC for a proposed 17.5 Bcf expansion of its natural gas storage facility in Louisiana, which has been mired in problems and remains incomplete. Meanwhile Sempra Energy, one of the storage project’s sponsors, reports that some progress is being made with the stalled project.

FERC Friday issued a favorable environmental assessment (EA) to Texas Gas Transmission Inc. for its proposed compression expansion of its Fayetteville and Greenville laterals, which are under construction. Texas Gas, a subsidiary of Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP, sought the expansion last September to accommodate growing production from the prolific Fayetteville Shale basin in North Central Arkansas.