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Despite the commodity price downturn, the Permian Basin, and particularly the Delaware sub-basin, have remained attractive to producers, supporting the need for additional natural gas processing in the region.

Omaha-based Tenaska this week said it has completed $780 million of financing for the Westmoreland Generating Station, a 925 MW natural gas-fired power plant to be located in Southwest Pennsylvania.

Omaha-based Tenaska this week said it has completed $780 million of financing for the Westmoreland Generating Station, a 925 MW natural gas-fired power plant to be located in Southwest Pennsylvania.

Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) has formally commissioned its Port Everglades Next Generation Clean Energy Center, a 1,250 MW natural-gas fired facility built in Broward County, FL, to replace a 1960s-era oil-fired power plant demolished almost three years ago.

Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) has formally commissioned its Port Everglades Next Generation Clean Energy Center, a 1,250 MW natural-gas fired facility built in Broward County, FL, to replace a 1960s-era oil-fired power plant demolished almost three years ago.

Construction is expected to begin soon on a 940 MW natural gas-fired power plant in Northeast Ohio after Boston-based Clean Energy Future LLC secured $890 million to build it.

NTE Energy LLC affiliate NTE Carolinas has secured roughly $600 million in financing to build its proposed Kings Mountain Energy Center, a 475 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant in Cleveland County, NC.

Cheniere Energy Inc.’s Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Louisiana is creeping closer to sending out its first cargo, according to Genscape Inc., which has been monitoring commissioning and gas delivery activity at the project. “Since commissioning began last Oct. 1 2015, Sabine has received a total of 4.55 Bcf in commissioning gas from the Creole Trail and NGPL pipelines,” Genscape said in note Tuesday. “It has also boiled off 1.92 Bcf from its regasification side that was cycled back as some of this commissioning gas. All of this gas delivered to the facility has been either flared or used to run the compressors in commissioning.” More recently, a receipt location on Creole Trail, “Sabine Pass LNG,” which was representative of the boil off gas has flipped and is now delivering small feed gas volumes (about 8 MMcf/d) to Sabine, according to Genscape, which also said in its note that first liquefaction is likely to “soon take place.” The terminal was to have sent out its first cargo earlier this year, but that was delayed by technical difficulties at the facility (see Daily GPI,Jan. 14).

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) plans to have a second public hearing for Nebraska-based Tenaska’s proposed 1,000 MW natural-gas fired power plant in Westmoreland County after the company said the facility would produce less emissions.