July 9, 2008 - 5:04pm
New England governors attend energy summit
By Megan BuergerGov. John Baldacci along with three other New England governors, assembled in Boston today to discuss energy issues at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, according to the governor's office. Govs. John Lynch of New Hampshire and Donald Carcieri of Rhode Island also attended the summit hosted by Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts.
"Hard working families and businesses across the New England states are struggling under the rising cost of energy," Baldacci said in a statement. "This summit was an important step in mapping out the short- and long-term strategies we can take together to provide needed relief to our residents and businesses."
At the conference, the governors decided to send a letter seeking increased federal support for energy programs to members of the New England Congressional Delegation, congressional leaders, the president and the presumptive presidential nominees. They also agreed that coordinating energy issues with the Eastern Canadian Provinces was critical to the future of New England energy.
Baldacci is also attending the National Governors Association annual meeting this weekend, at which the national energy crisis will surely be a key point of discussion.
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Hopefully, Gov. Baldacci now realizes the futility of pressing for LNG imports into Passamaquoddy Bay -- a location with conditions that even the world LNG industry advocates against (see SIGTTO publication, "Site Selection and Design for LNG Ports and Jetties"), and a location wisely prohibited by Canada and New Brunswick for such use.
The newly-commissioned offshore Northeast Gateway LNG terminal in Massachusetts, the soon-to-be-operational Canaport LNG terminal in New Brunswick, and the Neptune offshore terminal in Massachusetts moot the three ill-sited Maine projects (Downeast LNG, Quoddy Bay LNG, and Calais LNG Project Co.), according to then-FERC Chairman Wood in 2005 when he indicated a need for 7-9 new LNG terminals in the entire country. There are now at least 17 newly permitted terminals in the US, far more than required to provide the country with its need for natural gas, according to Chairman Wood.
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