Jacksonville’s Eagle LNG Export Waiting for Final FERC OK to Build

In September 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) gave its blessing to Eagle LNG to build a small LNG export facility project at a site on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida (see FERC Grants Final Approval to Jacksonville, FL LNG Export Plant). According to our research, at least some of the gas that will feed it will come from the Marcellus/Utica. Last summer, Florida approved a lease for what is known as “sovereign submerged lands” controlled by the state--in essence, an easement related to a docking facility and permission for dredging (see Eagle LNG Export Close to Building in Jacksonville? FL Easement). Yet construction has still not started. Why?

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