Given that the Port of Long Beach has halted further review of the project, FERC last Wednesday asked SES Terminal LLC to justify why the agency should continue processing the company’s application for its proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal to be sited in the harbor, a project that has been troubled from its very inception in 2004.
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FERC Questions Why It Should Continue Review of SES LNG Terminal
Given that the Port of Long Beach has halted further review of the project, FERC Wednesday asked SES Terminal LLC to justify why the agency should continue processing the company’s application for its proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal for the Port of Long Beach, CA, a project that has been troubled from its very inception in 2004.
CenterPoint Energy Gets Third Extension to Reply to FERC Show-Cause Order
CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission on Friday got its third extension of a FERC deadline to justify why it should not be stripped of its ability to enter into negotiated-rate contracts with transportation customers.
Duke: CA Monitoring Rules Lack ‘Clarity’ to Justify FERC Retroactive Sanctions
Contrary to FERC staff’s conclusion in its western energy market report, the CAISO and now-defunct Cal-PX Market Monitoring and Information plans (MMIPs) did not offer market participants “sufficient notice” as to what conduct was allowed or prohibited in California, or clearly state that violators would be subject to retroactive sanctions by the Commission, Duke Energy contends.
GAO: FERC Study of Power Outages ‘Not Thorough Enough’
A study done by FERC last February of California power generation plant outages was “not thorough enough” to justify the agency’s conclusion that the companies it audited were not physically withholding power supply to drive up prices in the state, according to a new report by the General Accounting Office (GAO).
ANR Hourly Services Get Second Chance
As opposed to rejecting it outright, FERC last week gave ANRPipeline another bite at the apple to justify its proposal toestablish firm and interruptible hourly flow services to meet thegrowing gas demand of electric generators. In the meantime, itaccepted and suspended the pipeline’s tariff sheets for theproposed services.
Pipes Asked to Justify Projects Under New Pricing Policy
FERC staff has begun sending out letters to pipelines askingthem to explain how their proposed projects will square with thenew policy statement that favors incremental pricing. NorthernBorder Pipeline Co. — the first pipe to receive such a letter —made clear its disdain for the pricing policy in its response.
Pipes Asked to Justify Projects under Price Policy
FERC staff has begun sending out letters to pipelines askingthem to explain how their proposed projects will square with thenew policy statement that favors incremental pricing. NorthernBorder Pipeline Co. – the first pipe to receive a letter – madeclear its disdain for the pricing policy in its response last week.
NGSA Protests FERC’s Order for EDI
“Gas Producers cannot justify the expense of implementing[electronic data interchange] on all pipelines because ofinsufficient volumes on any particular pipeline,” the Natural GasSupply Association said last week in opposing FERC’s mandate foracross the board implementation of EDI by June 1, 1999.
A Pipeline in Every Backyard?
Announcements of new pipeline projects are booming despiterecently voiced concerns by pipeline executives that return onequity is not sufficient to justify new construction (see NGI, Feb.2). A recent NGI survey of projects announced over the last threeyears indicates more than 7 Bcf/d of new capacity has already beenconstructed in the U.S. and Canada, with nearly 21 Bcf/d ofcombined capacity additions approved or under consideration. Thisis in addition to projects canceled or put on hold indefinitely.