White House Announces $13 Billion in Funding to Modernize Power Grids
The $1.2 trillion infrastructure law, passed last year, provides $10.5 billion to harden power systems against growing threats like extreme weather and climate change, the DOE said, and a further $2.5 billion to help build new transmission lines.
US Energy Regulators Unanimously Approve Commonwealth LNG Terminal
The Commonwealth LNG project, expected to export 8.4 million tonnes a year of LNG from Cameron, Louisiana, was the first to be approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in more than two years.
US at Risk of Tight Electric Supplies This Winter: NERC
The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) said that the lack of interconnections with other regions limited Texas’ ability to import power from other regions if problems arise.
Equitrans Expects to Stop Pennsylvania Gas Leak in Next Couple of Days
Equitrans has estimated the size of the leak, which started on Nov. 6 at the facility in Cambria County’s Jackson Township, at about 100 MMcf/d, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
Green Groups Sue Louisiana over Venture Global LNG Permit Exemption
The groups filed a petition last week for judicial review against the Louisiana department after the regulators decided to exempt Venture Global from obtaining a coastal use permit for development of its LNG facility in Plaquemines.
US Regulator Releases Report Blaming Freeport LNG Blast on Inadequate Processes
The PHMSA issued the report after Freeport LNG disclosed earlier in the day a summary of the consultant’s review. PHMSA said it accepted the redacted report but would later make its own determination on what to exclude.
Freeport LNG to Miss Restart Target for Fire-Damaged Texas Export Plant
Freeport LNG’s November target “is not credible, nor is a December restart,” said Rapidan Energy Group consultant Alex Munton in a note. He puts a resumption of gas processing in the first quarter of next year “with longer delays possible.”
Winter Power Resources May Be Tight in Parts of North America, NERC Says
Federal regulators also warned that the New England region faced its highest energy costs in more than 25 years this winter due to tight heating oil supplies and fierce competition for LNG.
Cheniere Energy Seeks 18 Months to Upgrade LNG Turbines
The request reveals a potential snag at a critical LNG production facility as U.S. producers try to ramp up exports to meet booming global demand.
Cheniere Cleared to Return Louisiana Sabine LNG Tank after 2018 Leak
PHMSA ordered Cheniere to shut two LNG storage tanks at the company’s Sabine Pass LNG export plant in Louisiana in February 2018 after plant workers discovered a one- to six-foot crack in one tank that leaked fuel into an outer layer.