The developer of a major liquefied natural gas terminal is pushing the Department of Energy to act quickly on its LNG export application following a federal judge’s reversal of the Biden administration’s pause on licenses, reports E&E News.
In a letter last week to DOE, a lawyer for the Lake Charles LNG project said the department’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management should “expeditiously act on its pending application in this docket and issue an order without delay.”
The project, which is being developed by Energy Transfer subsidiary Lake Charles Exports, already has a license from DOE to export gas to non-free trade agreement countries, but that authorization expires in December 2025. The company submitted a new application to DOE in August. Read more.
