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Feds sink Broadwater plan
Broadwater Energy's appeal to the U.S. secretary of commerce has been denied,
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced this morning.
The commerce secretary's denial marks the end of the
administrative process for Broadwater. The fate of the energy company's
plan to build a natural gas terminal in the middle of L.I. Sound now
rests with the courts. Several court actions are already pending and
a new one challenging the commerce secretary's decision today is expected,
opponents of the proposal say.
Broadwater Energy, a joint venture of Shell Oil and
Transcanada Pipelines, wants to moor a 1,200-foot-long floating natural
gas terminal in L.I. Sound, about nine miles off the coast of Wading
River. The terminal would receive shipments of liquefied natural gas
from oceangoing LNG tankers, heat the LNG to return it to its gaseous
state, then supply it to the metropolitan New York area via a new 23-mile
subsea pipeline that would connect to an existing gas distribution system.
Read Full Story Here http://www2.timesreview.com/NR/Stories/WEB041309_Broadwater_den
Ask
commerce secretary to send Broadwater packing
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4/9/2009--Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of Gov.
David Paterson's appearance on a Kings Park beach to announce that the
state had rejected Broadwater Energy's application to moor a floating
natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound off the coast of Wading River.
Read more...
Broadwater touting changes as decision looms by Judy Benson
Published on 3/27/2009
Remember Broadwater Energy? For
anyone who's forgotten about the proposal to locate a floating liquefied
natural gas terminal and processing plant in Long Island Sound, representatives
of the company are eager to remind people that they haven't gone away. Read more...
Sources: Feds may keep Broadwater
afloat
(03/27/09) WOODBURY - A year after
Gov. David Paterson rejected a plan to put a liquefied natural
gas barge in the Long Island Sound, word comes that the federal
government may overturn that decision.
On Friday, Long Island Business News cited sources
saying there is a 50-50 chance the U.S. Department of Commerce
will give Broadwater Energy?s plan the green light. Broadwater
says that?s just speculation. The terminal was to sit nine
miles off the coast of Wading River and cost $700 million.
Supporters of the plan maintained the barge would
increase Long Islanders? gas supply, thereby saving them
money. Environmentalists said the terminal would endanger
marine wildlife.
The Long Island Association says given the current
economic climate, it is more important than ever to save
money.
?Having more natural gas is one of the keys to keeping
Long Island's economy sound and keeping this a place that
people can reasonably afford to live,? LIA President Matthew
Crosson says.
Rep. Tim Bishop (D-Southampton) is still
against the barge, saying it is not viable. Environmentalists
say New York and Connecticut have promised a legal battle
if the terminal is ultimately approved. The Department of
Commerce is set to make a final decision April
13.
Broadwater to appeal
decision on LNG terminal
Environmental groups
still worried about Broadwater
Gov. Paterson rejects
Broadwater plan
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Broadwater decision near By Tom Incantalupo
March 2 2009
A final federal government decision on the still-kicking Broadwater Energy
proposal for a liquid natural gas plant in Long Island Sound could come
any time now. Meanwhile, the controversy over another proposal for a liquid
natural gas facility, on a man-made island south of Long Beach, is heating
up.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzbroad026055227mar02,0,4927719.story
Islander East Developer Withdraws Proposal By LYNN DOAN
The Hartford Courant
February 25 2009, 5:31 PM EST
Connecticut state officials claimed a final victory Wednesday in their
extended battle against the proposed Islander East pipeline after the project's
developer withdrew its last appeal.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.courant.com/business/hc-islandereast0225,0,5699372.story
Conn. officials say Sound pipeline proposal
dead
February 26 2009
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut
officials say a proposal to build a natural gas pipeline from Branford
to Long Island is dead in the water.
The complete article can be viewed
at:
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--islandereast0226feb26,0,6361743.story
FEBRUARY 8, 2009, 4:29 P.M. Bad Call By
RUSSELL GOLD
The conventional wisdom said that the U.S. would soon become a big importer
of natural gas. The conventional wisdom blew it.
In the summer of 2003, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan
Greenspan appeared before a congressional committee to share his thoughts
about the U.S. natural-gas market. It might have been better for the industry,
and some investors, had he kept those views to himself. Read more...
LNG surge could delay new domestic shale projects
By TOM FOWLER
As many as seven massive natural gas export terminals are expected to
start up overseas this year, expanding worldwide capacity by 20 percent
and flooding markets with new supplies of the key power plant and heating
fuel. Dozens of new tankers capable of carrying natural gas in a liquefied
form are slated to hit the seas.
Just as these new supplies come on line, worldwide demand is expected
to drop as the global recession deepens.
Operators of these new facilities are unlikely to cut back
production, however, so shipments of liquefied natural gas will most likely
head to the deepest markets with the greatest amount of natural gas storage
capacity -- the United States. Read more...
US PRES. VOWS TO BREAK 'ADDICTION' TO FOREIGN OIL, INCREASE
DOMESTIC PROD.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
US President Barack Obama spared no time in stepping up to energy issues, posting
an energy agenda on the administration's new White House website on the day of
his inauguration. Read more...
U.S. decisions delay two LNG proposals BY TOM INCANTALUPO
January 12 2009
Separate decisions by a federal judge and a federal regulatory agency
have dealt potential setbacks to the two proposals for liquid natural gas
receiving terminals near Long Island. But proponents of both projects say
they aren't giving up.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzbroad125996205jan12,0,3415794.story
FERC chairman resigns
By Peter Urban
01/08/2009 11:18:04 PM EST
WASHINGTON -- Environmentalists on both coasts celebrated the resignation
Wednesday of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Joseph Kelliher
who they clashed with for more than four years over plans to locate a LNG
platform in Long Island Sound.
As chair of FERC, Kelliher approved both the Broadwater Energy
LNG project in Long Island Sound and the Bradwood Landing LNG project in
Oregon without taking into consideration the Coastal Zone Management Act,
the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act. View Full Story
Green Party of Suffolk opposes FERC decision supporting Broadwater
The
Green Party of Suffolk is opposed to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC) decision to deny the requests of the New York State Department
of State (NYSDOS) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
(NYSDEC) to be heard on the Broadwater Energy liquefied natural gas (LNG)
terminal. The NYSDOS and NYSDEC wanted to speak in opposition to the
March 20, 2008 FERC order authorizing the Broadwater terminal to be built
in the Long Island Sound. Read more...
FERC denies rehearing on Broadwater LNG decision
Filed from Houston
12/30/2008 5:05:46 PM GMT
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has denied
requests by the New York State Department of State (NYSDOS) and the New
York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) to rehear
FERC's Sept. 4, 2008 order denying their request for late intervention
in the Broadwater. READ MORE...
Broadwater fate is out of Bush's hands
December 18, 2008... Decision on appeal will be made by Obama
administration By Denise Civiletti
The fate of Broadwater's
proposed floating natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound will not
be decided by the Bush administration, after all. A decision on Broadwater's
appeal of New York's rejection of its plan has been postponed until at
least mid-February. U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez on Dec.
10 issued a stay in the appeal proceedings that will keep the appeal
record open until Feb. 13, effectively punting the decision to the incoming
Obama administration.-- Read Full Story Here http://www2.timesreview.com/NR/Stories/TR121808_broadwater_den
Proposed Offshore LNG Terminal Earmarked for Downsizing
Malibu
Surfside News
December 4th, 2008
Malibu activists prepare for their "Drive Out LNG" up
the Pacific Coast Highway to protest the Oceanside project.
By Hans Laetz
The multinational oil company behind a proposed floating
liquefied natural gas terminal 22 miles off Point Dume has asked officials
to allow a half-year delay so it can downsize its plans. A spokesperson
for Woodside Natural Gas says the firm will eliminate one of the two
processing ships it had originally proposed to permanently station in Santa
Monica Bay, and scale back the pipelines it will ask to lay across the
floor of Santa Monica Bay and into Los Angeles. Read more...
Court won't hear pipeline appeal
By KEN DIXON
Staff writer
Updated: 12/02/2008
12:19:58 AM EST
HARTFORD -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday decided not to hear an
appeal by the company that wanted to put a natural-gas pipeline through
the scenic, ecologically fragile Thimble Islands of Branford.
The refusal kills the 10-year-long effort by Islander
East Co. LLC., although an appeal still remains before the U.S. Secretary
of Commerce. Read more...
Companies Behind Defeated Gas Pipeline
Plan Seek Alternatives By DAVID FUNKHOUSER
The Hartford Courant
December 2 2008
After a fatal blow Monday from the U.S. Supreme Court ended the eight-year
battle over the Islander East natural gas pipeline, opponents savored a
long-sought victory while the partnership behind the project said it is
looking at other possible routes.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-nopipeline1202.artdec02,0,6569881.story
State sues feds over Broadwater
November 27 -- Two New York agencies are asking a federal
court to review the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of
Broadwater Energy's application to site, build and operate a liquefied
natural gas terminal in L.I. Sound.
In a petition filed earlier this month with the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit in New York City, the New York departments of state
and environmental conservation claim that FERC violated the federal Coastal
Zone Management Act, the Clean Water Act and the Natural Gas Act when it
issued permits on March 20 to Broadwater Energy LLC and Broadwater Pipeline
LLC to construct and operate the floating LNG terminal and a 22-mile subsea
pipeline in New York waters of L.I. Sound, about nine miles north of Wading
River.
Though the petition does not detail the state's arguments
regarding the alleged violations of federal law by FERC, which will be
contained in the state's subsequent brief and memorandum of law, at issue
is FERC's practice of granting permit approvals prior to completion of
review and approval by the appropriate state agencies under the federal
Coastal Zone Management and Clean Water acts. Read Full
Story Here
http://www2.timesreview.com/ST/stories/T112708_broadwater_den
Oil Tanker Attack May Spur Increased
Company Security By Fred Pals and Gianluca Baratti
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- The hijacking of a Saudi Arabian supertanker
off the east coast of Africa may spur oil and shipping companies to step
up security and use alternative routes, delaying cargoes to Europe and
the U.S., analysts said.
Read more...
FERC adds Bradwood Landing wrinkle
by Ted Sickinger, The Oregonian
Monday November 17, 2008, 3:54 PM
Federal energy regulators today put a question mark over
their earlier approval of the Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas terminal,
proposed 20 miles east of Astoria on the Columbia River. Read more...
Reality intrudes on favorable LNG poll findings
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
The poll numbers on liquefied natural gas this fall were startling, especially
to individuals who attended the only large-scale public hearing ever held
in California about LNG. By a 63-19 percent margin, the usually reliable
Field Poll found, Californians favor importing LNG and using it as part
of the state's energy supply.
http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/nov/05/reality-intrudes-on-favorable-lng-poll-findings/
Thomson Financial News
LNG market set for production delays - research
10.06.08, 1:03 PM ET
NEW YORK, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Delays in liquefied natural gas
(LNG) production projects in the coming years will keep the market tight
for the next 15 years, according to a report from Bernstein Research. Read
more...
Plans
shelved for LNG terminal in South Jersey October 8 2008
TRENTON,
N.J. (AP) _ Energy giant BP has suspended plans to build a $700 million
liquefied natural gas terminal along the Delaware River in southern New
Jersey.
"We've been looking at the global market conditions surrounding LNG,
and the timing for a terminal just isn't right, so we've put it on hold
for at least two years," BP spokesman Tom Mueller said Wednesday.
"We will hold on to the property and look
at conditions down the road," Mueller added, noting that the company "believes
New Jersey will need LNG infrastructure in the future, and we will position
ourselves to do that." Read more...
LNG
MARKET SET FOR PRODUCTION DELAYS Monday,
October 06, 2008
Delays in liquefied natural gas production
projects in the coming years will keep the market tight for the next 15
years, according to a report from Bernstein Research. http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=67504
Broadwater's
plan not dead yet BY TOM INCANTALUPO October 6 2008
Although it's been trampled in the endless
stampede of fresher news, the proposal by Broadwater Energy to build a
liquid natural gas processing plant in Long Island Sound isn't dead.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzbroad065871838oct06,0,2100496.story
A MORE LIQUID MARKET Oct 2nd 2008
Offshore terminals and other tricks could promote greater trade in LNG
AMID the waters of the Adriatic, some 40 kilometres (25
miles) south of Venice, a curious new structure is being installed. It
is the size of two football pitches, as tall as a ten-storey building and
will soon be connected to the shore by a 15-kilometre pipeline. It is a
regasification terminal, which will take deliveries of liquefied natural
gas (LNG) and turn it back into a gas before pumping it ashore--and it
is the first such plant to be located at sea. That has allowed its owners,
Exxon Mobil and Qatar Petroleum, both oil and gas firms, and Edison, a
local utility, to avoid the permitting problems that have hampered regasification
projects in crowded countries such as Italy. See this article with graphics
and related items at http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12342245
FERC refuses to reconsider Broadwater
permit
Federal regulators last Thursday refused
multiple requests by state, county and town officials to reconsider
their March 20 approvals of Broadwater Energy's
floating liquefied natural gas terminal and subsea pipeline in Long
Island Sound.
Following New York state's April 10 coastal consistency
ruling, New York and Connecticut, Suffolk County and the towns of Riverhead,
Southold, Brookhaven, East Hampton and Huntington asked the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission to conduct a new hearing on Broadwater’s
applications for permits to construct and operate an LNG storage and regasification
terminal in the middle of the Sound and the 22-mile subsea pipeline it
would use to supply an existing natural gas transmission network with 1
billion cubic feet of natural gas daily.
-- Read Full Story Here
http://www2.timesreview.com/ST/Stories/T091108_broadwater_den
FERC: Broadwater approval stands
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
has turned down a request by state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal
and the state Department of Environmental Protection to rehear and reconsider
its March decision in favor of Broadwater Energy's application to build
a floating liquefied natural gas plant in Long Island Sound.
Blumenthal and Save The Sound both decried the decision —
although Blumenthal pointed out that it's in some ways a moot issue
since the state of New York has denied other essential permits for
the project.
For more of this story, click on or type the URL below:
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2008/09/06/news/a3-broadwater.txt
Sender's Comment: Feds refuse to reconsider
Broadwater permit
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday denied requests
by New York, Connecticut, Suffolk County and the towns of Riverhead, Southold,
Brookhaven, East Hampton and Huntington to reconsider its approval of Broadwater
Energy's permits to construct and operate a liquefied natural gas terminal
in Long Island Sound, nine miles off the coast of Wading River in the Town
of Riverhead.
FERC on March 20 issued conditional approvals
to Broadwater Energy, a joint venture of Shell Oil and TransCanada
Pipelines, to site,
construct, and operate a 1,215-foot-long LNG import terminal in Long
Island Sound. The commission also issued a certificate of public
convenience and necessity to Broadwater Pipeline LLC, an affiliate
of Broadwater Energy, to construct, own, and operate a 21.7-mile-long
pipeline subsea lateral from the LNG terminal to he Iroquois gas transmission
system pipeline in Kings Park.
Both approvals were conditioned on a determination by the N.Y. secretary
of state that the terminal would be consistent with New York's coastal
management policies. Gov. David Paterson announced on April 10 that
the N.Y. secretary of state had found Broadwater's proposed terminal
inconsistent with state coastal policies. Read Full Story Here
http://www2.timesreview.com/NR/Stories/ALL090508_broadwater_den
Feds won't review OK for Broadwater
LNG plant
BY TOM INCANTALUPO tom.incantalupo@newsday.com September
6 2008
Federal energy regulators have refused
to reconsider their March approval of the proposed Broadwater Energy
liquefied natural gas barge in Long Island Sound. But New York State's
rejection of the project on April 10 still blocks it.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/saturday/business/ny-bzferc065831023sep06,0,6664840.story
Gas
finds hit LNG Terminals languishing By TED GRIGGS Aug 28,
2008
The Haynesville Shale and other
massive natural gas finds have raised “big questions” about
the future of liquefied natural gas in North America, and the Louisiana
facilities that handle the fuel, one industry expert said. Read
more...
Whatever it takes
As we report on page 4, New
York's Department of State has filed a brief in response to Broadwater's
appeal to the U.S. Commerce Department to override New York's ruling
on April 10 that said placing a massive natural gas terminal -- 1,200
feet long! -- in the middle of the Long Island Sound would be inconsistent
with New York's coastal management policies and should be disallowed.
The strong and colorful language in the brief should be enough for
anyone to oppose the project. For example, the state wrote that the
terminal "would create an
immense floating industrial complex obstructing currently open public
waters in the Sound" that would be the equivalent of "the
construction of a private 900-acre factory in the center of Yosemite
National Park."
The analogy is right on. But omitted from the quote,
although addressed elsewhere in the brief, is that the plan also includes
laying down a 22-mile-long pipeline beneath the Sound. If the commerce
department turns down the appeal -- a decision that probably won't
come until a new administration takes over in Washington -- it would
put an end to Broadwater's risky plan, first proposed in November 2004.
The legions of opponents to
the project can credit Gov. David Paterson for the state's strong
response. His predecessor, Eliot Spitzer, never did announce his
stance on the project before leaving office, but his successor quickly
did. "Frankly, Broadwater
would scar Long Island Sound," Mr. Paterson said at a press conference
in early April. "It would establish a very dangerous precedent
of industrializing a waterway that generations of people have spent
millions trying to preserve."
The battle is not yet won, but the state's brief was
a powerful salvo. We urge those in Albany to continue doing whatever
it takes to get the Commerce Department to decide in favor of protecting
our already threatened Sound.
August 25, 2008 Drilling
Boom Revives Hopes for Natural Gas By CLIFFORD KRAUSS
HOUSTON — American
natural gas production is rising at a clip not seen in half a century,
pushing down prices of the fuel and reversing conventional wisdom
that domestic gas fields were in irreversible decline. Read
more...
Read Full Story Here
http://www2.timesreview.com/NR/premium/R082808_broadwater_den
Freeport
venture proposes re-exporting LNG By TOM FOWLER
Operators of a newly opened Texas liquefied
natural gas import terminal want to re-export the fuel to other countries,
saying it will help them weather the current slowdown in the U.S. LNG
business.
Read
more...
Natural gas surge
fuels worries about glut
STAR TELEGRAM Posted on Monday, Aug. 18, 2008
If the United States continues
to produce as much natural gas as it has in the year’s first five months, the
country will see a 35-year high in annual production in 2008.Is that
too much of a good thing, at least from a producer’s point
of view? Read
more..
Freeport venture proposes re-exporting LNG
By TOM FOWLER
Operators of a newly opened Texas liquefied natural
gas import terminal want to re-export the fuel to other countries,
saying it will help them weather the current slowdown in the U.S.
LNG business.
Read
more...
In
formal brief, Blumenthal fights request that Dept. of Commerce
override NY denial of Broadwater
By Attorney General's office
August 15, 2008...
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, in a brief filed today, urged
the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) to reject Broadwater Energy’s
request that it override New York's denial of a proposed liquefied
natural gas (LNG) facility in Long Island Sound.
The New York Department of State, with strong support from Blumenthal,
rejected Broadwater’s proposed massive floating
LNG facility and pipeline in the middle of Long Island Sound. Broadwater,
appealing New York's decision, has asked the Commerce Secretary
to override the state's ruling.
Read
more...
Cheniere
Energy Builds LNG Terminal — No One’s Coming By
David Phillips
August 14th, 2008 @ 11:30 pm
Although the U.S.
has limited LNG infrastructure, Cheniere still bet all of its chips
on rising domestic demand for LNG. No hedging here — the company
opted to shoulder the entire financial risk, looking to capture extra
profit as sole operator/owner. Read
more..
COUNTY TAKING FIGHT OVER LNG FACILITY
TO SUPREME COURT
Will ask for appeals ruling to be rejected by Joseph
M. Giordano Despite being ruled against in federal court, Baltimore
County is continuing its fight against a proposed liquefied natural
gas plant on the Sparrows Point penninsula.
Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith Jr. announced
on Monday that the county plans to file a petition this week asking
the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the county's efforts to keep the LNG
facilitiy off the county's portion of the Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas,
according to a county press release.
For more of this story, click on or type the URL below:
http://dundalkeagle.com/articles/2008/08/14/news/news05.txt
LNG case may go to high court County
planning appeal of approval for gas facility
By Laura Barnhardt Sun reporter
August 1 2008, 8:02 PM EDT
Baltimore County will take its opposition to the proposed liquefied natural gas
terminal at Sparrows Point to the U.S. Supreme Court, County Executive James
T. Smith Jr. said Friday.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_county/bal-lng0801,0,3330002.story
Commission
to protect Sound proposed - AMANDA CUDA
It could be a very Sound idea, as in
Long Island Sound. State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal proposed Thursday
that Connecticut and New York form a regional commission that would work
to protect View Full Story
Gas
island faces fierce opposition By Michael H. Samuels Friday, July
25, 2008
Another offshore liquefied natural gas terminal pitched for
the tri-state area is facing the same rough seas that sunk Broadwater. Read
more...
Energy
Summit 'Positive Step' Blumenthal Criticized By New Yorkers For Pipeline
Stance By LYNN DOAN Courant Staff Writer
July 25 2008
He was outnumbered by New York officials
and grilled over Connecticut's rejection of a planned natural-gas pipeline
under Long Island Sound. Still, state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal
described an energy summit held in Long Island on Thursday as "a positive
step."
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.courant.com/business/hc-energy0725.artjul25,0,3107852.story
Levy aims to
ease Conn. opposition to Islander East BY TOM INCANTALUPO
July 7 2008
Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy is hoping that a little Long Island hospitality
will soften Connecticut's opposition to the Islander East pipeline that would
bring more natural gas across that state and the Sound to Levy's constituency.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzpipe075755213jul07,0,7953866.story
LNG
Concerns
Energy prices may be going through
the roof. But some plans to add capacity by building liquefied natural gas
(LNG) facilities are being driven under. Will those efforts thwart America's
attempt to expand its energy arsenal? Global markets for LNG are escalating,
necessitating more investment in production, transportation and re-gasification.
The industry is attracting billions from top tier players that weigh their
investment decisions. Risks abound. But the overwhelming demand for new natural
gas supplies appears to trump other considerations.
Read
more...
Samsung
to Deliver World's Biggest LNG Tanker for Exxon Project
July
8 (Bloomberg) -- Samsung Heavy Industries Co. will
deliver the world's biggest liquefied natural gas tanker to Exxon Mobil Corp.'s venture in Qatar in August,
adding capacity to the market for the cleaner-burning fuel. Read
more...
Broadwater
files appeal
Broadwater Energy has appealed New York's
objection to its plan to moor a floating liquefied natural gas terminal in
Long Island Sound, nine miles off the coast of Wading River. The energy company,
a joint venture of Shell Oil and TransCanada Pipelines, filed its appeal Friday
with the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Carlos Gutierrez.
Broadwater is asking Mr. Gutierrez to override
the New York Department of State's April 10 ruling that the energy company's
proposed floating liquefied natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound was inconsistent
with the state's coastal zone management policy.
In a 21-page brief, Broadwater argues that
its project is consistent with the objectives of the federal coastal zone management
act pursuant to which the state's coastal policies are promulgated. The facility
furthers the national interest ... in a significant or substantial manner,
the national interest furthered it outweighs the activity's adverse coastal
effects, and there is no reasonable alternative available, according to the
brief.
Read Full Story Here http://www2.timesreview.com/SIR/Stories/Broadwater2008-06-06T14-31-36
Broadwater
Appeals Denial on LNG Terminal
By Judy Benson
Published on 6/6/2008 in Home »State »State News
Riverhead,
N.Y. - Broadwater Energy announced today that it has filed an appeal to the
U.S. Secretary of Commerce related to New York State’s Department of
State decision to deny permission to locate a floating liquefied natural
gas terminal in Long Island. Read
more...
New plan seen
as Broadwater alternative By Tom Incantalupo tom.incantalupo@newsday.com
May 20 2008, 6:10 PM EDT
A New Jersey-based venture yesterday proposed a cheaper and, to some environmentalists,
preferable alternative to facilities like Broadwater for bringing more natural
gas to the New York region: pipelines connected to buoys 15 miles off the Jersey
coast, to which liquid natural gas tankers would deliver regassified fuel.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzlng0521,0,6321049.story
Clinton issues
clear warning on LNG controversy
HTTP://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&subsectionID=398&articleID=51271&Q=55768.12
Web Posted 5/12/2008 3:49:00 PM
In his speech before
hundreds of people gathered at the Columbia River Maritime Museum Monday,
former President Bill Clinton presented his case for making Hillary Clinton
the Democratic nominee for president. Chief among his arguments was her stance
on liquefied natural gas. Read
more...
On 4/28/2008, the following Filing was submitted to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Washington D.C.:
Filer: Broadwater Energy LLC
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP (as Agent)
Broadwater Pipeline LLC
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP (as Agent)
Docket(s): CP06-54-000
CP06-55-000
CP06-56-000
Filing Type: General Correspondence
Description: Request of Broadwater Energy LLC, et. al. that the consolidated
record be compiled and transmitted to the Secretary of Commerce under CP06-54-000,
et. al.
To view the document for this Filing, click here http://elibrary.FERC.gov/idmws/file_list.asp?accession_num=20080428-5120
NEW
YORK REGION / NYREGION | April 20, 2008
Energy: No
Floating Gas Plant; States Weigh Options
By JOHN RATHER NOW that New York has rejected Broadwater Energy’s
floating natural gas plant in Long Island Sound, New York and Connecticut
will rely on gas pipelines, conservation and renewable energy sources
to meet emerging power needs, officials and others in both states said.
Can Broadwater sail on?
Is New York State's decision last week on Broadwater's floating
liquefied natural gas terminal the last word on the project -- or isn't it?
A federal agency, after all, just two weeks earlier approved a permit to
construct and operate Broadwater's proposed floating LNG terminal.
Broadwater Energy, the Shell Oil-TransCanada Pipelines joint
venture proposing to build the LNG terminal in the middle of
Long Island Sound, says it is thinking about appealing the state's
ruling.
Broadwater opponents, meanwhile, say an appeal is meaningless,
because the project would be tied up in legal proceedings for
such a long time that alternative LNG projects, such as a floating
offshore terminal already proposed for the Atlantic Ocean, would
be approved in the interim, rendering Broadwater's plan moot.
Read Full Story Here
http://www2.timesreview.com/SUN/premium/S041708_broadwater_den
Is
LNG flame burning out? Business - Is LNG flame burning
out? April
1, 2008
Critics say liquefied natural gas is difficult
to secure, expensive to produce and not much cleaner than coal-generated
power. Do mestic production of natural gas is falling as demand
continues to shoot up, a situation that over the past few years has positioned
liquefied natural gas as an energy saviour. Read
more
Appeal expected
after gas platform nixed - KEN DIXON kdixon@ctpost.com
MILFORD — Gov. M.
Jodi Rell threw a little beach party Thursday to celebrate New York state's
rejection of the controversial Broadwater liquefied natural gas platform
in Long Island Sound. View Full Story
Broadwater not ready to give up on plans BY TOM INCANTLUPO
April 10 2008, 7:18 PM EDT
As New York Gov. David A. Paterson pronounced the Broadwater barge as "behind
us" Thursday and project opponents here and in Connecticut congratulated
each other, the promoters of the Long Island Sound gas terminal showed
no signs of being ready to give up.
The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzbroad0411,0,7865269.story
Clinton
claims greater devotion on Ore. gas terminals
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Sen.
Hillary Clinton is trying to use opposition to siting liquid natural
gas terminals in Oregon to narrow Sen. Barack Obama's apparent lead in
the Democratic presidential primary.
Clinton's campaign staff said Tuesday
she spoke against a provision of the 2005 Energy Policy Act that took away
state authority over siting LNG ports — and she opposed the final bill
while Obama voted for it.
Clinton domestic policy director Catherine Brown said
in a conference call with reporters that this shows the New York senator
has a far greater commitment to the issue than Obama, despite his lending
support as a co-sponsor to a bill introduced by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., to
restore state control. Read
more...
Broadwater
releases favorable poll, but others attack survey
BY TOM INCANTALUPO April
7 2008, 7:56 PM EDT
Broadwater Energy released poll results yesterday showing
overwhelming support on Long Island for its natural gas barge, but the survey
itself came under sharp attack. The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzbroad0408,0,192962.story
CT
Sends Plea Across The Sound by Marcia Chambers | April 7, 2008 4:40 PM
Under chilly, overcast April skies,
two Connecticut U.S. reps., the state’s attorney general and other elected officials made
a united plea to New York’s governor Monday to reject the Broadwater
LNG facility in Long Island Sound.
If New York Gov. David A. Paterson
refuses, and his decision may be known as early as Wednesday, Attorney
General Richard Blumenthal vowed at the Monday gathering at the Stony
Creek dock “to
straitjacket Broadwater in the courts so that a safer, saner project
takes its place.” Read
more...
Village
Board opposes Broadwater--Bishop demands hearing on security issues By Dave Willinger
03/21/2008 | 03:30 PM Three days
before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's final approval Thursday,
March 20, of Broadwater, a liquefied natural gas barge that the Shell Oil
subisidiary proposes to moor nine miles off the coast of Wading River, the
Village Board had put on record its opposition to any fixed LNG operations
in the Long Island Sound. Read
more...
News 12 LI - Special Broadwater Report
III and IV
(03/26/08) WOODBURY - The claim that Broadwater Energy's natural gas terminal
will save Long Island residents money is proving to be a sticking point in
the debate over the company's plan.
LI
to get natural gas supply increase BY TOM INCANTALUPOMarch 27 2008,
6:36 PM EDT
A little-noticed action by federal energy regulators will increase
natural gas supplies for Long Island and parts of New York City by about
10 percent in the next 19 months -- helping to meet growing demand and,
in the view of some, reducing the need for gas from the proposed Broadwater
barge in the Long Island Sound. The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzpipe0328,0,4371130.story
LI
needs LNG guarantees
Paterson shouldn't dawdle on the decision, but should
talk $$ with Shell
March 24 2008
The window for a decision on Broadwater is getting narrower. Federal energy
regulators last week gave their final approval to build the nation's first
floating liquid natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound. Now New York State
has to determine as quickly as possible whether this $1 billion project can
deliver on its promises.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpbro245624219mar24,0,4563321.story
LNG site OK’d despite
shortage
01:00 AM EDT on Sunday, March 23,
2008 By Daniel Whitten Bloomberg News
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday
approved a liquefied natural gas terminal for Long Island Sound even though
the United States will have almost four times more import capacity than
it can use by 2012 because of a shortfall in fuel supply, according to
a report from consultant PFC Energy.
"Conn. Officials Plan To Fight Broadwater
- Connecticut News Story - WFSB Hartford"
The link:http://www.wfsb.com/news/15653813/detail.html?taf=hart
FERC
approves Broadwater LNG terminal
March 20, 2008...The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today approved
Broadwater Energys application to build and operate a floating liquefied
natural gas terminal in the middle of Long Island Sound.
FERCs approval was widely anticipated. The commissions staff issued
its final environmental impact statement in January, which concluded the
LNG terminal would not have significant environmental impacts.
At the commissioners regular monthly meeting this morning, webcast
live from Washington, D.C., FERC Chairman Joseph Kelliher said the project
meets all federal environmental and safety standards.
-- Read Full Story Here
http://www2.timesreview.com/SUN/Stories/R032008_broadwaterFERC_den
"U.S. faces LNG shortfall on terminal
capacity"
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/calgarybusiness/story.html?id=1873fe06-c0a2-4d00-8493-7ee21aa43e3f&k=88430
A new factor for the LNG terminal plan
March 17, 2008
The dramatic downfall of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer will have far-reaching
impacts, and one of them might be in the middle of Long Island Sound. The
governor's voice was expected to be vital in helping determine whether
a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal should be built in New York waters
not far from Connecticut, and his sudden resignation because of a sex scandal
leaves his state's intentions up in the air. The massive Broadwater terminal
would be built just outside Connecticut's part of the Sound, which leaves
our state out of the regulatory loop. The federal government has already
offered its blessing, mistakenly, so one of the last hopes to stop this
privatization of a major public resource falls to New York. As the potential
principal beneficiary of the project, our neighbor state's opposition is
far from guaranteed.
Our own Gov. M. Jodi Rell, basing her remarks on reports from a task
force she set up to examine the project, termed the proposal "an environmental
nightmare." She's
right, but she unfortunately has little say in the matter. Major authority
falls to New York's governor-in-waiting, Lt. Gov. David Paterson, who takes
office today. His feelings on the matter are a mystery, and he has said
he might delay taking a position.
State asks FERC
to wait until N.Y. is ready - PETER URBAN purban@ctpost.com
WASHINGTON — Connecticut Gov.
M. Jodi Rell sought Monday to delay federal action on a proposed liquefied
natural gas platform in Long Island Sound as a new governor takes over
in New York. View Full Story
Yes,
We're Opposed
3/14/2008 in Home -- A top executive
of Broadwater Energy has described Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell's characterization
of a task force report on his firm's proposed liquefied natural gas terminal
for Long Island Sound as “vitriolic and factually flawed.” The
governor doesn't see it that way. Read
more..
Williams
says Spitzer scandal could affect Broadwater project
Associated Press March 11 2008
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Given the sex scandal surrounding New York Gov. Eliot
Spitzer, Senate President Donald Williams wants Connecticut to reach out
to his lieutenant governor and persuade him to oppose Broadwater.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.courant.com/news/local/statewire/hc-11194147.apds.m0790.bc-ct-xgr--mar11,0,7084575.story
Reuters.com - Exxon CEO sees U.S. difficulty competing
for LNG 3/7/2008 http://www.reuters.com/article/email/idUSN0561948920080305
Shell
Seeking Broadwater Sales
Company Moves To Line Up Customers For Controversial
Proposed Natural Gas Facility
By MARK PETERS Courant Staff Writer March 6 2008
Even as controversy continues over the Broadwater liquefied natural gas
terminal proposed for Long Island Sound, one of the companies behind the
project is taking steps to sell the natural gas that would be delivered
through the terminal.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.courant.com/business/hc-broadwater0306.artmar06,0,7964535.story
Broadwater
Isn't the Only Choice, It's Not Even the Best Choice - Staff Reports
Those of you who have been following
the progress of Broadwater's controversial proposal to build one of the
world's largest LNG (liquefied natural gas) platforms in Long Island Sound
10. View Full
Story
LNG
harmful energy choice, group says February 27 2008
In a full-frontal attack on the dozen
liquefied natural gas terminals proposed along the coast of California
and Oregon, a Bay Area environmental group says the purported "clean
energy" is
as bad as coal and will harm the state's much-vaunted push to cut
greenhouse gases in the coming decades. Read
more...
NY
State must kill Broadwater to benefit public February 26 2008
BY RICHARD BLUMENTHAL Richard Blumenthal is attorney
general of Connecticut.
The Broadwater liquefied natural gas terminal proposed for Long Island
Sound can mark the dawn of a new era - if we kill it.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-opblu265591772feb26,0,5616483.story
Broadwater critics rail against ad campaign
Local
environmental activists and politicians are calling for state Attorney
General Andrew Cuomo to investigate Broadwater Energy's "false advertising" campaign,
which they say misleads the public about energy savings and attempts to
drum up political support before the governor decides in April whether
or not the project can go forward.
"They're saying the average family will save $300 with Broadwater,
and that's false," said Richard Amper, executive director of the Pine Barrens
Society, a group that's a member of the Anti-Broadwater Coalition. "We've
talked to people in the energy business and economists, and they have said
that is false."
A recent launch of television, print and radio ads by Broadwater Energy
claim a floating natural gas terminal proposed for Long Island Sound by the
joint venture of Shell Oil and TransCanada Corporation would save island
households $300 per year in energy costs. This claim is being disputed by
area environmentalists, who sent Mr. Cuomo a letter Wednesday asking him
to investigate the advertisements.
Read Full Story Here http://www2.timesreview.com/SUN/Stories/S022208_broadwater_ag
Blumenthal
says natural gas plant is flawed By: Gregory B. Hladky, Special to the
Bard
02/15/2008 New York's decision to delay for two
months its ruling on the proposed Broadwater liquefied natural gas project
for Long Island Sound is another indication of the project's problems,
according to a top Connecticut official. Read
more...
LETTERS
Patricia Eddington
(D-Medford); Leah Schmalz; Fred Feingold; JoAnn Attison; Keith Hecker;
Stuart Leopold February 17 2008... Broadwater threatens the Sound
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-opltr5580622feb17,0,6665075.story
Broadwater:
good for Shell. By Mark Seratoff
Friday, February
15, 2008...
The final Broadwater Environmental Impact statement was recently
released by
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and, after reading it, one
can
conclude that the document is best described as a sales brochure for
the Long Island Sound floating, supertanker-size liquefied natural
gas factory. Read
more...
NYS
DEC Rips Broadwater…Again
For the Second Time in Two Months DEC Tells Broadwater
their Application is Incomplete and Project is damaging to the LI Sound
Read release...
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