NY PSC Consultant Says National Grid Doesn’t Need Brooklyn LNG
National Grid is desperately trying not to run out of natural gas for its customers in Brooklyn and Queens (on Long Island). For several years the company has fought a battle to run a tiny pipeline to its Greenpoint, Brooklyn facility to provide extra natural gas. That project is being investigated by the Biden administration on charges of racism (see Woke Nation: 2nd Fed Agency Investigating Brooklyn Pipe as Racist). National Grid has a backup plan–add two extra LNG vaporizers to the Greenpoint facility to turn trucked LNG back into gas that can flow through the system. A so-called independent consultant reviewed the plan and filed a report with the state Public Utility Commission saying National Grid’s vaporizers aren’t needed. Let the folks on Long Island run out of gas–that’s the preferred strategy, apparently.
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The Freeport LNG export facility experienced an explosion and fire in early June (see 
Late last week, both the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) held a conference call with Freeport LNG to discuss progress being made in restoring the 2.1 Bcf/d LNG export facility back to full working order. Freeport experienced an explosion and fire in early June (see 
We’ve been warning about it for years because various government and private companies have been warning about it–that Boston and New England were just one extended cold snap away from rolling blackouts. More than half of all electricity generated and provided to New England comes from natural gas-fired power plants. During cold periods when there is high demand for home heating, power plants are threatened with shortages. Somehow New England has dodged a bullet and has not had to resort to rolling blackouts. Until (likely) this year. Eversource, the region’s largest utility company, sent a letter last Thursday to President Biden urging him to assemble a panel and figure out how to ensure natgas flows to New England (via LNG) this winter–because if it doesn’t, this IS the year rolling blackouts become reality.
Cheniere Energy, the largest LNG exporter in the U.S., recently made a major error in judgment and a misstep that threatens the company, in our humble opinion. Cheniere, via its Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi LNG facilities, exports more than 50% of all U.S. LNG exports, and more than 10% of all LNG exports worldwide. In fact, only the country of Qatar (Qatar Petroleum) exports more LNG than does Cheniere Energy. Last week Cheniere announced it has voluntarily joined the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership (OGMP) 2.0, a United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) oil and gas methane emissions reporting and mitigation initiative. This is bad news.
Natural gas prices in North America hit record highs in 2022. In fact, prices quadrupled from what they were before the onset of the pandemic in March 2020. Winter is the time of year when we use the most natural gas–both for heating and to power electric generation. The question arises, what will prices do this winter with an increase in demand? A McKinsey & Company analyst answers that question. He says three key factors could *decrease* natural gas prices in North America in the short term (i.e., this winter). What are those three factors?
This is a sad and very angering tale. During the Trump administration, we were close to granting waivers for the Jones Act and its archaic restrictions on transporting LNG via ships that are not U.S.-built and crewed (see 
For at least five years, MDN has reported that the primary source of imported LNG for Boston, Trinidad & Tobago, has seen falling output of natural gas (see 
Today we bring you a guest post from MDN friend Garland Thompson, a gifted reporter/writer who covers energy and technology issues for US Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine, the Philadelphia Tribune, and other periodicals. State Sen. Gene Yaw will host a hearing in Philadelphia on Thursday to explore LNG, its role on the world stage, and the potential role Philly can play in providing it. Using the upcoming hearing as a jumping-off point, in this post, Garland connects the dots between proposed House Bill 2458 (see 
As part of its third quarter 2022 update, Kinder Morgan (KM) CEO Richard Kinder said his company is bullish on U.S. LNG exports. Kinder said he expects (predicts) U.S. LNG exports will more than double, from the current 11 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) to 28 Bcf/d by 2030–less than eight years away. KM flows around 50% of all the molecules that get exported as LNG from this country, so Kinder should know a thing or two about the LNG market.
In June, seemingly out of nowhere, a plan to build an LNG export facility on the banks of the Delaware River south of Philadelphia made big headlines in Philly (see 
Once upon a time, a few years ago, Europe turned its nose up to American “fracked” gas as filthy and vile, preferring to buy its gas from Vladimir Putin instead. American companies fell all over themselves to win the love of arrogant Europeans for our natural gas–primarily by “proving” our gas (turned into LNG) is “responsible.” Responsible gas certification programs appeared overnight and have been adopted by most (if not all) of the major drillers in the Marcellus/Utica (see 
As happens at the beginning of most winters (at least in recent years), we are beginning to see articles with warnings from the electric grid operator in New England, ISO New England Inc., that if the region experiences “an extremely cold winter,” it’s a pretty safe bet there will be electric blackouts. The region relies almost exclusively on natural gas to generate electricity. The reason there will be blackouts is due to Maura Healey. Healey is the Attorney General of Massachusetts. During her tenure as AG, Healey has blocked two different natgas pipeline projects–because she irrationally hates (yet still uses) fossil energy. Healey is now running for governor of MA and is likely to win. You know what? Massachusetts residents will get the blackouts they deserve if they elect Healey.
The second-largest LNG export terminal in the U.S., Freeport LNG, located near Galveston, Texas, experienced an explosion and fire in early June (see