Tag: FERC

Sempra Energy LNG Project Gets FEIS from FERC

Sempra Energy announced that it has received the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to construct the Port Arthur LNG natural gas liquefaction-export project in Jefferson County, Texas, as well as the Texas and Louisiana connector pipeline projects that will deliver natural gas to the new export facility.

API welcomes nominations to FERC

API (American Petroleum Institute) recently welcomed the administration’s nominations of Richard Glick to be a Commissioner and Kevin McIntyre to be the Chairman of FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission).

FERC allows Sabine Pass to begin Train 3 service

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has granted authorization for Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC and Sabine Pass LNG L.

FERC approves TransCanada pipelines

TransCanada Corporation has recently announced that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved the construction of the Leach XPress and Rayne XPress pipeline projects.

FERC OKs pipeline project for Dominion

The members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on August 29th approved a natural gas pipeline expansion project of Dominion Transmission Inc.

Kinder Morgan LNG project approved by FERC

Kinder Morgan has received federal approval for a $2 billion project to export liquefied natural gas from Georgia.

Texas LNG terminal/pipeline project filed at FERC

The Woodlands, Texas-based NextDecade LLC has filed at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for its proposed USD 27 million tonne per annum (mtpa) liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal, which would be sited near Brownsville, Texas, at the Port of Brownsville, along with an associated 137-mile pipeline system from the Agua Dulce Hub.

Utah conduit hydropower project receives go-ahead

Federal energy regulators recently issued a letter determining that a proposed Utah hydropower project meets criteria for development without the need of a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) hydropower license, under section 30 of the Federal Power Act (FPA).

FERC oversight hearing focuses on Clean Power Plan

The US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing earlier this month to conduct oversight of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The hearing focused on FERC’s role in ensuring reliability in light of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP), as well as FERC’s efforts to permit new natural gas pipelines and LNG export facilities.

Gov’t may reject Minneapolis power plant plan

The United States federal government may reject a long-delayed, controversial plan to build an underground hydroelectric power plant near the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Crown Hydro LLC obtained a license for a 3.