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Department of Energy and Related Commissions
New Policies FERC should:
• Recommit itself to the NGA’s purpose of providing the American people with access to affordable and reliable natural gas.
• Limit its NGA decision-making on natural gas pipeline certificates to the question of whether there is a need for the natural gas.
• Limit its NEPA analysis to the impacts of the actual pipeline itself, not indirect upstream and downstream effects.
In addition, Congress, the states, and FERC should consider how better to protect and compensate property owners whose property is taken for the benefit of the public. FERC also needs to be mindful that natural gas pipelines and projects are important for domestic access to natural gas, including local natural gas utilities, natural gas-fired electric generation, and manufacturing, as well as for exports of liquefied natural gas.
FERC: LNG EXPORT FACILITIES
Mission/Overview
FERC permits, sites, and authorizes the construction and operation of LNG export facilities.'*° It does not authorize the export of natural gas; DOE exercises that authority. LNG export facilities are important for delivering natural gas to markets around the world and have become an important policy tool in limiting the ability of Russia and Middle Eastern countries to use energy as a tool in foreign affairs.
Needed Reforms
LNG exports are opposed by climate activists. In addition, some domestic manufacturers argue that LNG exports decrease available U.S. supplies of natural gas and increase the domestic price, thereby harming the competitive advantages of U.S. manufacturers in world markets.
Currently, most LNG export facilities are along the Gulf of Mexico in Texas and Louisiana.'*° Attempts to build facilities on the west coast (Jordan Cove LNG”) and the east coast have not moved forward for a variety of reasons; delays and costs of litigation can cause developers to cancel projects. An Alaska facility was approved by FERC in 2020, and the Biden Administration has indicated its support.'?* An east coast facility in Pennsylvania (or nearby) would unlock Marcellus shale natural gas for export.