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It’s Not Too Late to Reverse Course
February 26, 2024 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr. President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: Today, The USLNG Association (operating globally as “LNG Allies”), joined the American Petroleum Institute and five other associations in a request to the Department of Energy (DOE) petitioning […]
House Passes Bill to Kill Pause
U.S. House Passes Bill to Reverse Biden’s LNG Pause Jacob Fischler, Louisiana Illuminator (Feb. 16): On Thurs. (Feb. 16) the House of Representatives voted 224-200 to approve a bill that would preempt President Biden’s pause on new USLNG export permits. The pause, which has no specified end date, is in place while DOE reviews its […]
House Votes to Reverse Pause
US House Passes Bill to Reverse Biden’s LNG Pause (U.S. News & World Report) Reuters (Feb. 15): The U.S. House of Representatives, controlled by Republicans, passed a bill to reverse President Joe Biden’s pause on approvals of USLNG exports. The bill, sponsored by Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX), was approved by a vote of 224-200, mostly […]
No Impact on Domestic Prices
U.S. LNG Exports Have Not Had any Sustained and Significant Direct Impact on U.S. Natural Gas Prices. The USLNG Association, operating under the global brand name “LNG Allies,” released an updated economic analysis today which finds—once again—that U.S. LNG exports “have not had any sustained and significant direct impact on U.S. natural gas prices.” The […]
Overseas Coal Could Surge
Armstrong: Pause May Fuel Overseas Coal Consumption (PGJ Online) (Feb. 14): Williams CEO Alan Armstrong warned that the Biden administration’s pause on USLNG export permits could boost global coal use. Armstrong expressed concern that consumers in growing electricity markets like Southeast Asia, might opt for coal infrastructure over natural gas. Armstrong: “We had a huge […]
Position on DOE’s Pause
Position Statement: “The Pause that Depresses” On Jan. 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it would halt review of USLNG export applications that have already received siting and construction licenses from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)[1] while DOE updates the economic and environmental analyses that “underpin” its decision-making.[2] The USLNG […]
Billionaire Funders Behind LNG Pause
How the Rockefellers and Billionaire Donors Pressured Biden on LNG Exports (WSJ) Benoît Morenne, Andrew Restuccia (Feb. 08): Four years ago, charities controlled by the Rockefellers, Michael Bloomberg, etc. began to identify and fund Gulf Coast activists that were campaigning against USLNG export projects. The activists subsequently buttonholed White House and federal officials around the […]
Legal Case Against LNG Pause
Red States Build Legal Case Against LNG Pause (E&E News) Pamela King, Carlos Anchondo, and Brian Dabbs (Feb. 7): 23 Republican-led states are preparing legal claims against President Biden’s pause on USLNG export permits. They argue that the pause threatens billions in capital expenditures and tens of thousands of jobs. The states accuse the administration […]
No Big Deal?
Concerns about USLNG Pause Overblown Sam Reynolds (Feb. 6): The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) says that the pause on permits for new LNG export facilities: (1) Does not affect U.S. exports from existing or under-construction facilities. (2) There will be plenty of LNG to go around as the world is on […]
USLNG Developers React to Export Pause
US LNG developers react to White House pause on issuing new LNG permits (S&P Global Commodity Insights) Corey Paul, Giselle Rodriguez (Jan. 30): The Biden administration’s decision to pause new USLNG export licenses has elicited responses from several USLNG developers. NextDecade, one of three USLNG developers to reach FID in 2023, stated that the moratorium […]