DOE’s fourth LNG export approval comes just weeks after the previous (Lake Charles) approval, indicating an improved timeline for evaluating pending applications. On September 11, 2013, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced conditional authorization for Dominion Cove Point LNG LP to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to non-Free Trade Agreement (non-FTA) nations. The authorization, subject…...
Ever tried to find out who is in charge when it comes to energy policy? With literally hundreds of agencies and regulators at everything from the local level through state and regions to DC-based policy-makers and even the President, the level of complexity when it comes to understanding energy policy isn’t just frustrating, it is…...
California Senate and Assembly passed a bill that would impose the state’s first hydraulic fracturing regulations, facilitating oil and gas development in the Monterey Shale play. On September 11, 2013, Senate Bill 4, a bill that would impose the state’s first regulations on hydraulic fracturing and other oil field practices, cleared the state Assembly by a…...