Transcript LNG Exports?

Exports?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?
Pieridae Energy USA Ltd Filing with DOE
PIERIDAE ENERGY (USA) LTD. FE DKT. NO. 14-179-LNG
The Office of Fossil Energy gives notice of receipt of an application filed on October
24, 2014, by Pieridae Energy (USA) Ltd (Pieridae) requesting long-term, multicontract authority as further described below, to export to Canada up to 292 billion
cubic feet (Bcf) per year of natural gas (0.8 Bcf/day) for a term of 20 years beginning
on the earliest of the date of first export or seven years from the date requested
authorization is granted. The natural gas would be exported near
Baileyville,
Maine on the Maritimes & Northeast US Pipeline.
Pursuant to Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act, Pieridae requests
the Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy grant
permission to export natural gas into Canada for consumption
and through Canada, after conversion in Canada into LNG,
to (i) any country with which the United States currently
has, or in the future may enter into, a free trade agreement
requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas and (ii)
any country with which the United States does not have a
free trade agreement requiring national treatment for trade
in natural gas with which trade is not prohibited by US law
or policy. Pieridae requests exporting permission for
itself, or to act as agent for others.
Why Canada?
NAFTA – NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
Elimination of tariffs
Is there a fee or duty for exporting gas?
Like natural gas imports, the Canadian-United States FTA eliminated all
tariffs and fees on natural gas exports from the United States to Canada.
On August 16, 1999, the Mexican government abolished its four percent
duty on natural gas imported into Mexico. Based on NAFTA, this duty was
scheduled to be phased out by January 1, 2003.
The North American Free Trade
Agreement ‘NAFTA’ is an
agreement signed by Canada,
Mexico, and the United States,
creating a trilateral rules-based
trade bloc in North America.
Transportation infrastructure
NAFTA established the CANAMEX Corridor for road transport
between Canada and Mexico, also proposed for use by rail,
pipeline, and fiber optic telecommunications infrastructure.
This became a High Priority Corridor under the
U.S. Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
MOTIONS TO INTERVENE
WHO AND WHY
NH PLAN Motion to Intervene
Who filed motions to intervene?
PIPELINE OPPONENTS
CONSERVATION GROUPS
New Hampshire Pipeline Awareness Network
(NHPLAN)
Berkshire Environmental Action Team, Inc.
(BEAT)
Massachusetts Pipeline Awareness Network
(MassPLAN)
Breathe Easy Susquehana PA
Dracut Pipeline Awareness Group
Compressor Free Franklin
Food and Water Watch
Catskill Mountainkeeper
Foundation for a Green Future
350CT
Bolton Conservation Trust
Who else filed motions to intervene?
INDUSTRY
Industrial Energy Consumers of America
Chicago Bridge and Iron N.V
Saint John Gas Marketing Co.
INDUSTRIAL ENERGY CONSUMERS OF AMERICA
INDUSTRIAL ENERGY CONSUMERS OF AMERICA
CONSUME OVER 25% OF ENERGY IN U.S.A.
Non partisan association of leading
manufacturing companies
Annual Sales = $1 Trillion
2900 Facilities Nationwide
1.4 Million Employees
IECA ADVOCACY FOR ENERGY SUPPLY
Promotes interests of U.S. manufacturers
Through advocacy and collaboration
Cost of energy impacts U.S. companies’
ability to compete in domestic and world
markets
IECA SECTORS OF INDUSTRY
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CHEMICAL
PLASTICS
STEEL
IRON ORE
ALUMINUM
PAPER
FOOD PROCESSING
BREWING
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BUILDING PRODUCTS
INSULATION
GLASS
CEMENT
INDUSTRIAL GASES
PHARMACEUTICAL
INDEPENDENT OIL REFINING
FERTILIZER
Why would IECA file a motion to intervene?
“the cost of gas is critical to us”
“From 1999 to 2008, the cost of natural
gas has risen 208%”
Who will pay if gas will be exported?
YOU WILL