Big Green Challenges Small Florida LNG Export Facility in Fed Court
Last April, MDN told you about Nopetro LNG's plans to construct and operate as many as three liquefaction trains in Port St. Joe, Florida, that will liquefy up to 3.86 billion cubic feet per year of natural gas for export and delivery to markets in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America (see Small Florida LNG Export Facility NOT Subject to FERC Regulation). That’s 3.86 Bcf for an entire year, not per day. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) said it does not have jurisdictional authority over such a tiny facility. Along came Big Green (i.e. Public Citizen) to sue FERC, asking the court to force the agency to step up and conduct a full review of the facility (which would kill it).
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