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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has authorized Sempra Infrastructure’s amended design for the expansion of its Cameron LNG facility as the firm aims for a final investment decision (FID) this summer for the project. In early 2022, Sempra filed a request to amend the approval for its proposed 6.75 million metric tons/year expansion of the…

Venture Global LNG Inc. said Monday that it would go forward with the second phase of its Plaquemines export terminal under development in Louisiana after securing $7.8 billion in financing.  The final investment decision (FID) comes less than 10 months after the first phase was sanctioned. All together, Venture Global said it would invest $21…

FERC Acting Chairman Willie Phillips got the memo. The head of the federal regulatory agency tasked with overseeing energy infrastructure development told a cavernous conference hall filled with industry insiders what they had hoped to hear: Phillips has their back when it comes to speeding up decisions on infrastructure projects. “Building new things,” Phillips said…

Freeport LNG Development LP this week asked federal regulators for approval to begin commercial operations from Train 1. “Freeport has performed a full pre-startup safety review of Train 1, identified and completed corrective work necessary to be able to safely restart the unit, and is ready to commence activities to safely restart Train 1, beginning…

The permits necessary for Equitrans Midstream Corp.’s long-delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) to advance may come as early as May, allowing the company to bring the project in-service by 2023, CEO Thomas Karam announced.  EQM is expecting the biological opinion from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by next Tuesday, “and based on the permitting…

FERC last week approved new reliability standards to enhance grid reliability during extreme weather events such as Winter Storm Uri in February 2021.  Two years after Uri’s rampage across the U.S. South, during which hundreds died from hypothermia following blackouts that affected millions, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission implemented enhanced cold weather preparedness plans, generator…

A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight  FERC on Thursday granted Freeport LNG Development LP’s request to resume loading cargoes from one of its docks.  The plant has not been cleared to restart operations. The approval is one in a series that must occur before LNG production and shipments may resume after…

NextDecade Corp. has requested FERC respond to a court’s 18-month-old order to revisit the approval of Rio Grande LNG as it seeks to move the Texas export terminal project forward. In a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, NextDecade CEO Matthew Schatzman urged Acting Chairman Willie Phillips to act on the remand issued by…

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has cleared Freeport LNG Development LP to introduce feed gas to Train 3 for commissioning and cool down. It also has granted permission to cool down the main rundown line that extends from the liquefaction trains to the liquefied natural gas tank area.