Gas problem passes
Passamaquoddy Bay’s uncomfortable gas problem has passed… for now. While at times over the past few years there have been as many as three liquefied natural gas projects in the works on the Maine shore of the bay, there are currently zero.
None of the LNG developers have applications pending before any of the Maine agencies that regulate such projects. This comes on the heels of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) dismissal of the grandfather of the LNG developments, Quoddy Bay LNG. After FERC cut Quoddy Bay loose, company president Don Smith – who calls his project responsible, environmentally friendly, safe and necessary while critics call him a carpetbagger with dollar signs in his eyes – withdrew his applications with the state.
Smith said he’ll file again at an undetermined date – a fitting sentiment on Halloween. Just when you thought it was dead… LNG is back from the beyond! It’s alive!
But that’s the wishful thinking of a desperate opportunist who’s looking for love in all the wrong places. The LNG projects proposed for Passamaquoddy Bay – bringing tankers through treacherous waters to gas terminals on pristine shores -- have been nothing short of bizarre. Those who don’t want to see an LNG industry in Passamaquoddy Bay, namely all of Canada and a healthy segment of the American and Passamaquoddy Nations, can enjoy a victory. The LNG monster has crept back to the crypt for now but be sure, it may well rise again.
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While there are currently no LNG projects before Maine regulators, there are still two projects in Passamaquoddy Bay. There is also the remote possiblity of Quoddy Bay LNG re-applying with FERC and the State of Maine.
Downeast LNG still has an active application before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). They have no application before Maine. Their related pipeline company that would take the regasified LNG from the Downeast LNG terminal to the Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline recently received a warning letter from FERC. Downeast LNG has, as a result, taken action to remedy that problem: holding an Open Season, to see if anyone is actually interested in their expensive LNG-source natural gas.
Calais LNG Project Co. is in the Pre-filing process with FERC. Pre-filing is a required preliminary process to the formal filing process. While this project makes the least sense of the three local projects -- from economic, siting, and political perspectives -- the developers nevertheless seem to be continuing. State permit applications aren't required until after they enter FERC's formal permitting process.
The two remaining projects -- and the remote possibility of Quoddy Bay LNG returning -- require continuing the battle in order to ensure they don't make headway.
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