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records data to collect information in
three broad areas important to
understanding outcomes for youth with
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Lake Charles Exports, LLC ......................................................................
Gulf Coast LNG Export, LLC ....................................................................
Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P. ............................................................
LNG Development Company, LLC (d/b/a ................................................
Oregon LNG) ............................................................................................
Southern LNG Company, L.L.C. ..............................................................
Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC .....................................................
CE FLNG, LLC .........................................................................................
Golden Pass Products LLC ......................................................................
Lake Charles LNG Export Company, LLC ...............................................
Freeport-McMoRan Energy LLC ..............................................................
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC .......................................................
Eos LNG LLC ...........................................................................................
Barca LNG LLC ........................................................................................
Magnolia LNG, LLC ..................................................................................
Delfin LNG LLC ........................................................................................
Waller LNG Services, LLC .......................................................................
Gasfin Development USA, LLC ................................................................
Louisiana LNG Energy LLC .....................................................................
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC .......................................................
SCT&E LNG, LLC ....................................................................................
Downeast LNG, Inc. .................................................................................
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC .......................................................
G2 LNG LLC .............................................................................................
Texas LNG Brownsville LLC ....................................................................
Strom Inc. .................................................................................................
Cameron LNG, LLC ..................................................................................
Port Arthur LNG, LLC ...............................................................................
Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC .............................................................
Flint Hills Resources, LP ..........................................................................
The Office of Fossil Energy
(FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE)
gives notice of the availability of two
studies examining the cumulative
impacts of liquefied natural gas (LNG)
exports in the above-referenced
proceedings and invites the submission
of comments regarding those studies.
DOE commissioned the studies to
inform DOE’s decisions on applications
seeking authorization to export LNG
from the lower-48 states to non-free
trade agreement countries.1 The first
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Macroeconomic Impacts of LNG
Exports Studies
Office of Fossil Energy,
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the 2014
EIA LNG Export Study and the 2015
LNG Export Study, and request for
comments.
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between Alaska and the lower-48 states, the
macroeconomic consequences of exporting LNG
from Alaska are likely to be discrete and separate
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study, performed by the U.S. Energy
Information Administration (EIA) and
originally published in October 2014,
assessed how specified scenarios of
increased natural gas exports could
affect domestic energy markets (2014
EIA LNG Export Study). At DOE’s
request, this study was an update of
EIA’s January 2012 study of LNG export
scenarios using baseline cases from
EIA’s 2014 Annual Energy Outlook. The
second study was performed by the
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Center for Energy Studies at Rice
University’s Baker Institute and Oxford
Economics, under contract to DOE (2015
LNG Export Study). This 2015 LNG
Export Study is a scenario-based
assessment of the macroeconomic
impact of levels of U.S. LNG exports
sourced from the lower-48 states in
volumes ranging from 12 to 20 billion
cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of natural gas
under a range of assumptions, including
U.S. resource endowment, U.S. natural
gas demand, international LNG market
dynamics, and other factors. These two
studies are posted on the DOE/FE Web
site at: https://www.energy.gov/fe/2015-
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lng-study. DOE may use the 2014 EIA
LNG Export Study and the 2015 LNG
Export Study to inform its decisions in
the listed proceedings and for other
purposes. Comments submitted in
compliance with the instructions in this
notice will be placed in the
administrative record for all of the
above-listed proceedings and need only
be submitted once.
DATES: Comments are to be filed using
procedures detailed in the Public
Comment Procedures section no later
than 4:30 p.m., Eastern time, February
12, 2016. DOE will not accept reply
comments.
ADDRESSES:
Electronic Filing of Comments Using
Online Form
https://www.energy.gov/fe/2015-lngstudy
Regular Mail
U.S. Department of Energy (FE–34),
Office of Regulation and International
Engagement, Office of Fossil Energy,
P.O. Box 44375, Washington, DC
20026–4375
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–
3397; (202) 586–9793
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Pursuant to section 3 of the Natural
Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. 717b, exports of
natural gas, including LNG, must be
authorized by DOE/FE.2 Applications
that seek authority to export natural gas
to countries with which the United
2 The authority to regulate the imports and
exports of natural gas, including liquefied natural
gas, under section 3 of the NGA (15 U.S.C. 717b)
has been delegated to the Assistant Secretary for FE
in Redelegation Order No. 00–006.02 (issued
November 17, 2014).
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States has not entered into a free trade
agreement (FTA) requiring national
treatment for trade in natural gas (nonFTA countries) are presumed to be in
the public interest unless, after
opportunity for hearing, DOE finds that
the authorizations would not be
consistent with the public interest.
Previously, in August 2012, DOE/FE
had authorized one non-FTA LNG
export authorization—to Sabine Pass
Liquefaction, LLC, for a volume of LNG
equivalent to 2.2 Bcf/d of natural gas—
and had several other non-FTA export
applications pending before it.3 DOE/FE
therefore determined that further study
of the economic impacts of LNG exports
was warranted to better inform its
public interest review under section 3 of
the NGA. Accordingly, on December 11,
2012, DOE gave notice of the availability
of the 2012 LNG Export Study.4 DOE
commissioned that Study, consisting of
two separate parts, of the economic
impacts of exporting LNG to non-FTA
nations up to 12 billion cubic feet per
day (Bcf/d). The 2012 LNG Export Study
was comprised of the following:
• An analysis performed by the
Energy Information Administration
(EIA) and originally published in
January 2012, entitled Effect of
Increased Natural Gas Exports on
Domestic Energy Markets (2012 EIA
Study), examining the impact of two
prescribed levels of assumed natural gas
exports (at 6 Bcf/d and 12 Bcf/d) under
numerous scenarios and cases based on
projections from EIA’s 2011 Annual
Energy Outlook, which were the most
recent EIA projections available at the
time; and
• An evaluation performed by NERA
Economic Consulting (NERA), a private
contractor retained by DOE, entitled
Macroeconomic Impacts of Increased
LNG Exports From the United States
(NERA Study), which incorporated
EIA’s case study output using EIA’s
National Energy Modeling System
model into NERA’s general equilibrium
model of the U.S. economy, with an
emphasis on the energy sector and
natural gas in particular. NERA
analyzed the potential macroeconomic
impacts of LNG exports under a range
of global natural gas supply and demand
scenarios.
DOE/FE invited public comment on
the 2012 LNG Export Study, and
3 See, e.g., Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC, DOE/
FE Order No. 2961–A, FE Docket No. 10–111–LNG,
Final Opinion and Order Granting Long-Term
Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas From
Sabine Pass LNG Terminal to Non-Free Trade
Agreement Nations (Aug. 7, 2012).
4 U.S. Dep’t of Energy, 2012 LNG Export Study,
Notice of Availability and Request for Comments,
77 FR 73,627 (Dec. 11, 2012).
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received comments representing a
diverse range of interests and
perspectives.
To date, DOE/FE has issued 12 final
long-term authorizations, in response to
14 applications, granting long-term
authority to export LNG and
compressed natural gas (CNG) to nonFTA countries in a cumulative volume
of exports totaling 10.008 Bcf/d of
natural gas.5 DOE/FE considered the
comments received on the 2012 LNG
Export Study in its review of each of
those applications (except for the first
application—Sabine Pass Liquefaction,
LLC in FE Docket No. 10–111–LNG—
which was granted at approximately the
same time that DOE commenced the
2012 LNG Export Study).6 Additionally,
DOE/FE has explained that, in deciding
whether to grant a non-FTA export
application, it considers in its decisionmaking the cumulative impacts of the
total volume of all final non-FTA export
authorizations.7 DOE/FE has further
stated that it will assess the cumulative
impacts of each succeeding request for
export authorization on the public
interest with due regard to the effect on
domestic natural gas supply and
demand fundamentals.8
The 29 proceedings identified above
involve applications submitted by the
named parties seeking authorization to
export LNG from the lower-48 states to
non-FTA countries. In light of the
volume of long-term LNG and CNG
exports to non-FTA countries
authorized to date, DOE/FE determined
that a study of the economic impacts of
LNG exports is again warranted.
Therefore, on May 29, 2014, DOE
announced plans to undertake economic
studies in order to gain a better
understanding of how potentially higher
levels of U.S. LNG exports—between 12
5 See Air Flow North America Corp., DOE/FE
Order No. 3753, FE Docket No. 14–206–LNG, Final
Opinion and Order Granting Long-Term, Multi
Contract Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural
Gas in ISO Containers Loaded at the Clean Energy
Fuels Corp. LNG Production Facility in Willis,
Texas, and Exported by Vessel to Non-Free Trade
Agreement Nationals in Central America, South
America, the Caribbean, or Africa, at 24–25 (Dec. 4,
2015) (identifying the 12 final non-FTA export
authorizations issued to date, including the first
authorization granted to Sabine Pass Liquefaction,
LLC).
6 See supra n.3; see also, e.g., Sabine Pass
Liquefaction, LLC, DOE/FE Order No. 3669, FE
Docket Nos. 13–30–LNG, 13–42–LNG, & 13–121–
LNG, Final Opinion and Order Granting Long-Term,
Multi-Contract Authorization to Export Liquefied
Natural Gas by Vessel from the Sabine Pass LNG
Terminal Located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, to
Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations, at 94–149 (June
26, 2015) (‘‘Comments on the 2012 LNG Export
Study and DOE/FE Analysis’’).
7 Id. at 211–12.
8 Id. at 212.
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and 20 Bcf/d of natural gas—would
affect the public interest.
Specifically, for the 2014 EIA LNG
Export Study, DOE/FE asked EIA to
evaluate the impact of increased natural
gas demand, reflecting possible exports
of U.S. natural gas, on domestic energy
markets using the modeling analysis
presented in the Annual Energy Outlook
2014 as a starting point. Second, for the
2015 LNG Export Study, DOE/FE
engaged the Center for Energy Studies at
Rice University’s Baker Institute and
Oxford Economics for an external
analysis of the economic impact of this
increased range of LNG exports and
other effects that LNG exports might
have on the U.S. natural gas market.
The purpose of this Notice is to enter
the 2014 EIA LNG Export Study and the
2015 LNG Export Study in the
administrative record of the 29 listed
non-FTA export proceedings and to
invite comments on these two studies,
as applied to each proceeding. The 2014
EIA LNG Export Study, the 2015 LNG
Export Study, and the comments that
DOE/FE receives in response to this
Notice will help to inform DOE’s
determination of the public interest in
each case.
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The 2014 EIA LNG Export Study
EIA prepared a report entitled Effect
of Increased Levels of Liquefied Natural
Gas Exports on U.S. Energy Markets in
response to the May 29, 2014 request
from DOE/FE for an update of the EIA’s
January 2012 study of LNG export
scenarios. DOE/FE asked EIA to assess
how specified scenarios of increased
exports of LNG from the lower-48 states
would affect domestic energy markets,
focusing on consumption, production,
and prices. The DOE/FE scenarios posit
total LNG exports sourced from the
lower-48 states of 12 Bcf/d, 16 Bcf/d,
and 20 Bcf/d, with these exports phased
in at a rate of 2 Bcf/d each year
beginning in 2015. DOE/FE requested
that EIA consider the specified lower-48
states LNG export scenarios in the
context of baseline cases from EIA’s
2014 Annual Energy Outlook 2014,
which reflect varying perspectives on
domestic natural gas supply, the growth
rate of the U.S. economy, and natural
gas use for electricity generation.
The 2015 LNG Export Study
The Center for Energy Studies at Rice
University’s Baker Institute and Oxford
Economics were jointly commissioned
to undertake a scenario-based
assessment of the macroeconomic
impact of alternative levels of U.S. LNG
exports under a range of assumptions
concerning U.S. resource endowment
(natural gas supply), U.S. natural gas
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demand, and the international market
environment.
A comprehensive set of scenarios was
prepared to understand the economic
impact of higher U.S. LNG exports
under a range of circumstances for
domestic and international gas markets.
This scenario approach was chosen to
enable conclusions that are independent
of any particular set of starting
conditions for the U.S. or international
natural gas markets, and to highlight the
impact of increasing U.S. LNG exports
under alternative domestic and
international conditions. The authors
considered sets of circumstances that
would result in different international
demand pull for U.S. sourced LNG. The
variants considered were international
conditions sufficient to support 12 Bcf/
d and 20 Bcf/d of U.S. LNG exports.
Invitation to Comment
DOE invites comments on the 2014
EIA LNG Export Study and/or the 2015
LNG Export Study to help inform DOE
in its public interest determinations of
the authorizations sought in the 29 nonFTA export applications identified
above. Comments must be limited to the
methodology, results, and conclusions
of these studies on the factors evaluated.
These factors include the potential
impact of LNG exports on domestic
energy consumption, production, and
prices; the macroeconomic factors
identified in the two studies, including
Gross Domestic Product, consumption,
U.S. economic sector analysis, and U.S.
LNG export feasibility analysis; and any
other factors included in the analyses.
In addition, comments may be directed
toward the feasibility of various
scenarios used in both analyses. While
this invitation to comment covers a
broad range of issues, the Department
may disregard comments that are not
germane to the present inquiry. Due to
the complexity of the issues raised in
these studies, interested parties will be
provided 45 days from the date of
publication of this Notice in which to
submit their comments.
Public Comment Procedures
DOE is not establishing a new
proceeding or docket by today’s
issuance, and the submission of
comments in response to this Notice
will not make commenters parties to
any of the 29 listed LNG export
proceedings. Persons with an interest in
the outcome of one or more of those
proceedings have been given an
opportunity to intervene in and/or
protest those applications by complying
with the procedures established in the
respective notices of application
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published in the Federal Register.9 The
record in those 29 proceedings will
include all comments received in
response to this Notice. Comments will
be reviewed on a consolidated basis for
purposes of hearing, and decisions will
be issued on a case-by-case basis. In
addition to the procedures established
by this Notice, all comments must meet
the requirements specified by the
regulations in 10 CFR part 590, as
supplemented below.
Comments may be submitted using
one of the following supplemental
methods:
(1) Submitting the comments using
the online form at https://
www.energy.gov/fe/2015-lng-study;
(2) Mailing an original and three
paper copies of the filing to the Office
of Regulation and International
Engagement at the address listed in
ADDRESSES; or
(3) Hand delivering an original and
three paper copies of the filing to the
Office of Regulation and International
9 Notices of application in 28 of 29 proceedings
were published in the Federal Register as follows:
Lake Charles Exports, LLC, FE Docket No. 11–59–
LNG, 76 FR 34212 (June 13, 2011); Gulf Coast LNG
Export, LLC, FE Docket No. 12–05–LNG, 77 FR
32962 (June 4, 2012); Jordan Cove Energy Project,
L.P., FE Docket No. 12–32–LNG, 77 FR 33446 (June
6, 2012); LNG Development Co., LLC (d/b/a Oregon
LNG), FE Docket No. 12–77–LNG, 77 FR 55197
(Sept. 7, 2012); Southern LNG Co, L.L.C., FE Docket
No. 12–100–LNG, 77 FR 63806 (Oct. 17, 2012); Gulf
LNG Liquefaction Co., LLC, FE Docket No. 12–101–
LNG, 77 FR 66454 (Nov. 5, 2012); CE FLNG, LLC,
FE Docket No. 12–123–LNG, 77 FR 72840 (Dec. 6,
2012); Golden Pass Products LLC, FE Docket No.
12–156–LNG, 77 FR 72837 (Dec. 6, 2012); Lake
Charles LNG Export Co., LLC (formerly Trunkline
LNG Export, LLC), FE Docket No. 13–04–LNG, 78
FR 17189 (Mar. 20, 2013); Freeport-McMoRan
Energy LLC, FE Docket No. 13–26–LNG, 78 FR
34084 (June 6, 2013); Venture Global Calcasieu
Pass, LLC, FE Docket No. 13–69–LNG, 79 FR 30109
(May 27, 2014); Eos LNG LLC, FE Docket No. 13–
116–LNG, 78 FR 75337 (Dec. 11, 2013); Barca LNG
LLC, FE Docket No. 13–118–LNG, 78 FR 75339
(Dec. 11, 2013); Magnolia LNG, LLC, FE Docket No.
13–132–LNG, 79 FR 15980 (Mar. 24, 2014); Delfin
LNG LLC, FE Docket No. 13–147–LNG, 79 FR 16782
(Mar. 26, 2014); Waller LNG Svs., LLC, FE Docket
No. 13–153–LNG, 79 FR 41685 (July 17, 2014);
Gasfin Development USA, LLC, FE Docket No. 13–
161–LNG, 79 FR 44439 (July 31, 2014); Louisiana
LNG Energy LLC, FE Docket No. 14–29–LNG, 79 FR
57896 (Sept. 26, 2014); Venture Global Calcasieu
Pass, LLC, FE Docket No. 14–88–LNG, 79 FR 66707
(Nov. 10, 2014); SCT&E LNG, LLC, FE Docket No.
14–98–LNG, 79 FR 75796 (Dec. 19, 2014); Downeast
LNG, Inc., FE Docket No. 14–173–LNG, 80 FR 13532
(Mar. 16, 2015); Venture Global Calcasieu Pass,
LLC, FE Docket No. 15–25–LNG, 80 FR 36977 (June
29, 2015); G2 LNG LLC, FE Docket No. 15–45–LNG,
80 FR 44091 (July 24, 2015); Texas LNG Brownsville
LLC, FE Docket No. 15–62–LNG, 80 FR 46966,
(August 6, 2015); Strom Inc., FE Docket No. 15–78–
LNG, 80 FR 51793 (Aug. 26, 2015); Cameron LNG,
LLC, FE Docket No. 15–90–LNG, 80 FR 46970 (Aug.
6, 2015); Port Arthur LNG, LLC, FE Docket No. 15–
96–LNG, 80 FR 51795 (Aug. 26, 2015); Corpus
Christi Liquefaction, LLC, FE Docket No. 15–97–
LNG, 80 FR 51790 (Aug. 26, 2015). The Notice of
application for Flint Hills Resources, LP is currently
pending in FE Docket No. 15–168–LNG.
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Engagement at the address listed in
ADDRESSES.
For administrative efficiency, DOE/FE
prefers comments to be filed
electronically using the online form
(method 1). However, for those
commenters lacking access to the
Internet, comments may be filed in hard
copy using one of the other two
methods identified above. All comments
must include a reference to the ‘‘2014
EIA LNG Export Study’’ and/or ‘‘2015
LNG Export Study’’ in the title line.
The 2014 EIA LNG Export Study and
2015 LNG Export Study are available for
inspection and copying in the Division
of Natural Gas Regulation docket room,
Room 3E–042, 1000 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585.
The docket room is open between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. The two studies and any
comments filed in response to this
Notice will be available electronically at
the following DOE/FE Web site: https://
www.energy.gov/fe/2015-lng-study.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December
18, 2015.
John A. Anderson,
Director, Office of Regulation and
International Engagement, Office of Oil and
Natural Gas.
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Box 44375, Washington, DC 20026–
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guidelines-filing-monthly-reports.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1901–0294;
(2) Information Collection Request
Title: Natural Gas Import and Export
Application;
(3) Type of Request: Revision;
(4) Purpose: The Federal Energy
Administration Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C.
761 et seq.) and the DOE Organization
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) require the
EIA to carry out a centralized,
comprehensive, and unified energy
information program. This program
collects, evaluates, assembles, analyzes,
and disseminates information on energy
resource reserves, production, demand,
technology, and related economic and
statistical information. This information
is used to assess the adequacy of energy
resources to meet near and longer term
domestic demands.
The EIA, as part of its effort to comply
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), provides
the general public and other Federal
agencies with opportunities to comment
on collections of energy information
conducted by or in conjunction with the
EIA. Also, the EIA will later seek
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approval by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) under Section
3507(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995.
DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy (FE) is
delegated the authority to regulate
natural gas imports and exports under
section 3 of the Natural Gas Act of 1938,
15 U.S.C. 717b. In order to carry out its
delegated responsibility, FE requires
those persons seeking to import or
export natural gas to file an application
providing basic information on the
scope and nature of the proposed
import/export activity. Once an
importer or exporter receives
authorization from FE, they are required
to submit monthly reports of all import
and export transactions. Form FE–746R
collects critical information on U.S.
natural gas trade including: Name of
importer/exporter; country of origin/
destination; international point of entry/
exit; name of supplier; volume; price;
transporter; geographic market served;
and duration of supply contract on a
monthly basis. The data, published in
Natural Gas Imports and Exports, are
used to ensure compliance with the
terms and conditions of the
authorizations. In addition, the data are
used to monitor North American gas
trade, which, in turn, enables the
Federal government to perform market
and regulatory analyses; improve the
capability of industry and the
government to respond to any future
energy-related supply problems; and
keep the general public informed of
international natural gas trade;
(4a) Proposed Changes to Information
Collection:
FE proposes to add the following
reporting sections for the collection and
identification of new types of natural
gas transactions related to:
(a) Exports/imports of compressed
natural gas by vessel;
(b) Exports/imports of compressed
natural gas by rail;
(c) Exports/imports of compressed
natural gas by waterborne transport;
(d) Exports/imports of liquefied
natural gas by rail;
(e) Exports/imports of liquefied
natural gas by waterborne transport;
(f) Other exports and imports of
natural gas by rail, truck, vessel, and
waterborne transport;
(g) Re-export of liquefied natural gas
by vessel; and
(h) Exports/Imports of liquefied
natural gas by vessel in International
Standards Organization (ISO)
containers;
(5) Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 371;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 4,662;
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81300-81303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32590]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Macroeconomic Impacts of LNG Exports Studies
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the 2014 EIA LNG Export Study and the
2015 LNG Export Study, and request for comments.
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Lake Charles Exports, LLC.............. [FE Docket No. 11-59-LNG].
Gulf Coast LNG Export, LLC............. [FE Docket No. 12-05-LNG].
Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P........ [FE Docket No. 12-32-LNG].
LNG Development Company, LLC (d/b/a.... [FE Docket No. 12-77-LNG].
Oregon LNG)............................
Southern LNG Company, L.L.C............ [FE Docket No. 12-100-LNG].
Gulf LNG Liquefaction Company, LLC..... [FE Docket No. 12-101-LNG].
CE FLNG, LLC........................... [FE Docket No. 12-123-LNG].
Golden Pass Products LLC............... [FE Docket No. 12-156-LNG].
Lake Charles LNG Export Company, LLC... [FE Docket No. 13-04-LNG].
Freeport-McMoRan Energy LLC............ [FE Docket No. 13-26-LNG].
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC..... [FE Docket No. 13-69-LNG].
Eos LNG LLC............................ [FE Docket No. 13-116-LNG].
Barca LNG LLC.......................... [FE Docket No. 13-118-LNG].
Magnolia LNG, LLC...................... [FE Docket No. 13-132-LNG].
Delfin LNG LLC......................... [FE Docket No. 13-147-LNG].
Waller LNG Services, LLC............... [FE Docket No. 13-153-LNG].
Gasfin Development USA, LLC............ [FE Docket No. 13-161-LNG].
Louisiana LNG Energy LLC............... [FE Docket No. 14-29-LNG].
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC..... [FE Docket No. 14-88-LNG].
SCT&E LNG, LLC......................... [FE Docket No. 14-98-LNG].
Downeast LNG, Inc...................... [FE Docket No. 14-173-LNG].
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC..... [FE Docket No. 15-25-LNG].
G2 LNG LLC............................. [FE Docket No. 15-45-LNG].
Texas LNG Brownsville LLC.............. [FE Docket No. 15-62-LNG].
Strom Inc.............................. [FE Docket No. 15-78-LNG].
Cameron LNG, LLC....................... [FE Docket No. 15-90-LNG].
Port Arthur LNG, LLC................... [FE Docket No. 15-96-LNG].
Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC....... [FE Docket No. 15-97-LNG].
Flint Hills Resources, LP.............. [FE Docket No. 15-168-LNG).
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SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy
(DOE) gives notice of the availability of two studies examining the
cumulative impacts of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports in the above-
referenced proceedings and invites the submission of comments regarding
those studies. DOE commissioned the studies to inform DOE's decisions
on applications seeking authorization to export LNG from the lower-48
states to non-free trade agreement countries.\1\ The first study,
performed by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and
originally published in October 2014, assessed how specified scenarios
of increased natural gas exports could affect domestic energy markets
(2014 EIA LNG Export Study). At DOE's request, this study was an update
of EIA's January 2012 study of LNG export scenarios using baseline
cases from EIA's 2014 Annual Energy Outlook. The second study was
performed by the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University's Baker
Institute and Oxford Economics, under contract to DOE (2015 LNG Export
Study). This 2015 LNG Export Study is a scenario-based assessment of
the macroeconomic impact of levels of U.S. LNG exports sourced from the
lower-48 states in volumes ranging from 12 to 20 billion cubic feet per
day (Bcf/d) of natural gas under a range of assumptions, including U.S.
resource endowment, U.S. natural gas demand, international LNG market
dynamics, and other factors. These two studies are posted on the DOE/FE
Web site at: https://www.energy.gov/fe/2015-
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lng-study. DOE may use the 2014 EIA LNG Export Study and the 2015 LNG
Export Study to inform its decisions in the listed proceedings and for
other purposes. Comments submitted in compliance with the instructions
in this notice will be placed in the administrative record for all of
the above-listed proceedings and need only be submitted once.
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\1\ The studies did not consider the impact of exports of Alaska
natural gas production. Because there is no natural gas pipeline
interconnection between Alaska and the lower-48 states, the
macroeconomic consequences of exporting LNG from Alaska are likely
to be discrete and separate from those of exporting from the lower-
48 states.
DATES: Comments are to be filed using procedures detailed in the Public
Comment Procedures section no later than 4:30 p.m., Eastern time,
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February 12, 2016. DOE will not accept reply comments.
ADDRESSES:
Electronic Filing of Comments Using Online Form
https://www.energy.gov/fe/2015-lng-study
Regular Mail
U.S. Department of Energy (FE-34), Office of Regulation and
International Engagement, Office of Fossil Energy, P.O. Box 44375,
Washington, DC 20026-4375
Hand Delivery or Private Delivery Services (e.g., FedEx, UPS, etc.)
U.S. Department of Energy (FE-34), Office of Regulation and
International Engagement, Office of Fossil Energy, Forrestal Building,
Room 3E-042, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Smith, U.S. Department of Energy (FE-1), Office of Fossil
Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 3E-042, 1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-7241
Edward Myers or Cassandra Bernstein, U.S. Department of Energy (GC-76),
Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Electricity and Fossil
Energy, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington,
DC 20585, (202) 586-3397; (202) 586-9793
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Pursuant to section 3 of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. 717b,
exports of natural gas, including LNG, must be authorized by DOE/FE.\2\
Applications that seek authority to export natural gas to countries
with which the United States has not entered into a free trade
agreement (FTA) requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas
(non-FTA countries) are presumed to be in the public interest unless,
after opportunity for hearing, DOE finds that the authorizations would
not be consistent with the public interest.
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\2\ The authority to regulate the imports and exports of natural
gas, including liquefied natural gas, under section 3 of the NGA (15
U.S.C. 717b) has been delegated to the Assistant Secretary for FE in
Redelegation Order No. 00-006.02 (issued November 17, 2014).
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Previously, in August 2012, DOE/FE had authorized one non-FTA LNG
export authorization--to Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC, for a volume of
LNG equivalent to 2.2 Bcf/d of natural gas--and had several other non-
FTA export applications pending before it.\3\ DOE/FE therefore
determined that further study of the economic impacts of LNG exports
was warranted to better inform its public interest review under section
3 of the NGA. Accordingly, on December 11, 2012, DOE gave notice of the
availability of the 2012 LNG Export Study.\4\ DOE commissioned that
Study, consisting of two separate parts, of the economic impacts of
exporting LNG to non-FTA nations up to 12 billion cubic feet per day
(Bcf/d). The 2012 LNG Export Study was comprised of the following:
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\3\ See, e.g., Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC, DOE/FE Order No.
2961-A, FE Docket No. 10-111-LNG, Final Opinion and Order Granting
Long-Term Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas From Sabine
Pass LNG Terminal to Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations (Aug. 7,
2012).
\4\ U.S. Dep't of Energy, 2012 LNG Export Study, Notice of
Availability and Request for Comments, 77 FR 73,627 (Dec. 11, 2012).
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An analysis performed by the Energy Information
Administration (EIA) and originally published in January 2012, entitled
Effect of Increased Natural Gas Exports on Domestic Energy Markets
(2012 EIA Study), examining the impact of two prescribed levels of
assumed natural gas exports (at 6 Bcf/d and 12 Bcf/d) under numerous
scenarios and cases based on projections from EIA's 2011 Annual Energy
Outlook, which were the most recent EIA projections available at the
time; and
An evaluation performed by NERA Economic Consulting
(NERA), a private contractor retained by DOE, entitled Macroeconomic
Impacts of Increased LNG Exports From the United States (NERA Study),
which incorporated EIA's case study output using EIA's National Energy
Modeling System model into NERA's general equilibrium model of the U.S.
economy, with an emphasis on the energy sector and natural gas in
particular. NERA analyzed the potential macroeconomic impacts of LNG
exports under a range of global natural gas supply and demand
scenarios.
DOE/FE invited public comment on the 2012 LNG Export Study, and
received comments representing a diverse range of interests and
perspectives.
To date, DOE/FE has issued 12 final long-term authorizations, in
response to 14 applications, granting long-term authority to export LNG
and compressed natural gas (CNG) to non-FTA countries in a cumulative
volume of exports totaling 10.008 Bcf/d of natural gas.\5\ DOE/FE
considered the comments received on the 2012 LNG Export Study in its
review of each of those applications (except for the first
application--Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC in FE Docket No. 10-111-
LNG--which was granted at approximately the same time that DOE
commenced the 2012 LNG Export Study).\6\ Additionally, DOE/FE has
explained that, in deciding whether to grant a non-FTA export
application, it considers in its decision-making the cumulative impacts
of the total volume of all final non-FTA export authorizations.\7\ DOE/
FE has further stated that it will assess the cumulative impacts of
each succeeding request for export authorization on the public interest
with due regard to the effect on domestic natural gas supply and demand
fundamentals.\8\
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\5\ See Air Flow North America Corp., DOE/FE Order No. 3753, FE
Docket No. 14-206-LNG, Final Opinion and Order Granting Long-Term,
Multi Contract Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas in ISO
Containers Loaded at the Clean Energy Fuels Corp. LNG Production
Facility in Willis, Texas, and Exported by Vessel to Non-Free Trade
Agreement Nationals in Central America, South America, the
Caribbean, or Africa, at 24-25 (Dec. 4, 2015) (identifying the 12
final non-FTA export authorizations issued to date, including the
first authorization granted to Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC).
\6\ See supra n.3; see also, e.g., Sabine Pass Liquefaction,
LLC, DOE/FE Order No. 3669, FE Docket Nos. 13-30-LNG, 13-42-LNG, &
13-121-LNG, Final Opinion and Order Granting Long-Term, Multi-
Contract Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas by Vessel
from the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal Located in Cameron Parish,
Louisiana, to Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations, at 94-149 (June 26,
2015) (``Comments on the 2012 LNG Export Study and DOE/FE
Analysis'').
\7\ Id. at 211-12.
\8\ Id. at 212.
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The 29 proceedings identified above involve applications submitted
by the named parties seeking authorization to export LNG from the
lower-48 states to non-FTA countries. In light of the volume of long-
term LNG and CNG exports to non-FTA countries authorized to date, DOE/
FE determined that a study of the economic impacts of LNG exports is
again warranted. Therefore, on May 29, 2014, DOE announced plans to
undertake economic studies in order to gain a better understanding of
how potentially higher levels of U.S. LNG exports--between 12
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and 20 Bcf/d of natural gas--would affect the public interest.
Specifically, for the 2014 EIA LNG Export Study, DOE/FE asked EIA
to evaluate the impact of increased natural gas demand, reflecting
possible exports of U.S. natural gas, on domestic energy markets using
the modeling analysis presented in the Annual Energy Outlook 2014 as a
starting point. Second, for the 2015 LNG Export Study, DOE/FE engaged
the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University's Baker Institute and
Oxford Economics for an external analysis of the economic impact of
this increased range of LNG exports and other effects that LNG exports
might have on the U.S. natural gas market.
The purpose of this Notice is to enter the 2014 EIA LNG Export
Study and the 2015 LNG Export Study in the administrative record of the
29 listed non-FTA export proceedings and to invite comments on these
two studies, as applied to each proceeding. The 2014 EIA LNG Export
Study, the 2015 LNG Export Study, and the comments that DOE/FE receives
in response to this Notice will help to inform DOE's determination of
the public interest in each case.
The 2014 EIA LNG Export Study
EIA prepared a report entitled Effect of Increased Levels of
Liquefied Natural Gas Exports on U.S. Energy Markets in response to the
May 29, 2014 request from DOE/FE for an update of the EIA's January
2012 study of LNG export scenarios. DOE/FE asked EIA to assess how
specified scenarios of increased exports of LNG from the lower-48
states would affect domestic energy markets, focusing on consumption,
production, and prices. The DOE/FE scenarios posit total LNG exports
sourced from the lower-48 states of 12 Bcf/d, 16 Bcf/d, and 20 Bcf/d,
with these exports phased in at a rate of 2 Bcf/d each year beginning
in 2015. DOE/FE requested that EIA consider the specified lower-48
states LNG export scenarios in the context of baseline cases from EIA's
2014 Annual Energy Outlook 2014, which reflect varying perspectives on
domestic natural gas supply, the growth rate of the U.S. economy, and
natural gas use for electricity generation.
The 2015 LNG Export Study
The Center for Energy Studies at Rice University's Baker Institute
and Oxford Economics were jointly commissioned to undertake a scenario-
based assessment of the macroeconomic impact of alternative levels of
U.S. LNG exports under a range of assumptions concerning U.S. resource
endowment (natural gas supply), U.S. natural gas demand, and the
international market environment.
A comprehensive set of scenarios was prepared to understand the
economic impact of higher U.S. LNG exports under a range of
circumstances for domestic and international gas markets. This scenario
approach was chosen to enable conclusions that are independent of any
particular set of starting conditions for the U.S. or international
natural gas markets, and to highlight the impact of increasing U.S. LNG
exports under alternative domestic and international conditions. The
authors considered sets of circumstances that would result in different
international demand pull for U.S. sourced LNG. The variants considered
were international conditions sufficient to support 12 Bcf/d and 20
Bcf/d of U.S. LNG exports.
Invitation to Comment
DOE invites comments on the 2014 EIA LNG Export Study and/or the
2015 LNG Export Study to help inform DOE in its public interest
determinations of the authorizations sought in the 29 non-FTA export
applications identified above. Comments must be limited to the
methodology, results, and conclusions of these studies on the factors
evaluated. These factors include the potential impact of LNG exports on
domestic energy consumption, production, and prices; the macroeconomic
factors identified in the two studies, including Gross Domestic
Product, consumption, U.S. economic sector analysis, and U.S. LNG
export feasibility analysis; and any other factors included in the
analyses. In addition, comments may be directed toward the feasibility
of various scenarios used in both analyses. While this invitation to
comment covers a broad range of issues, the Department may disregard
comments that are not germane to the present inquiry. Due to the
complexity of the issues raised in these studies, interested parties
will be provided 45 days from the date of publication of this Notice in
which to submit their comments.
Public Comment Procedures
DOE is not establishing a new proceeding or docket by today's
issuance, and the submission of comments in response to this Notice
will not make commenters parties to any of the 29 listed LNG export
proceedings. Persons with an interest in the outcome of one or more of
those proceedings have been given an opportunity to intervene in and/or
protest those applications by complying with the procedures established
in the respective notices of application published in the Federal
Register.\9\ The record in those 29 proceedings will include all
comments received in response to this Notice. Comments will be reviewed
on a consolidated basis for purposes of hearing, and decisions will be
issued on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the procedures
established by this Notice, all comments must meet the requirements
specified by the regulations in 10 CFR part 590, as supplemented below.
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\9\ Notices of application in 28 of 29 proceedings were
published in the Federal Register as follows: Lake Charles Exports,
LLC, FE Docket No. 11-59-LNG, 76 FR 34212 (June 13, 2011); Gulf
Coast LNG Export, LLC, FE Docket No. 12-05-LNG, 77 FR 32962 (June 4,
2012); Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P., FE Docket No. 12-32-LNG, 77
FR 33446 (June 6, 2012); LNG Development Co., LLC (d/b/a Oregon
LNG), FE Docket No. 12-77-LNG, 77 FR 55197 (Sept. 7, 2012); Southern
LNG Co, L.L.C., FE Docket No. 12-100-LNG, 77 FR 63806 (Oct. 17,
2012); Gulf LNG Liquefaction Co., LLC, FE Docket No. 12-101-LNG, 77
FR 66454 (Nov. 5, 2012); CE FLNG, LLC, FE Docket No. 12-123-LNG, 77
FR 72840 (Dec. 6, 2012); Golden Pass Products LLC, FE Docket No. 12-
156-LNG, 77 FR 72837 (Dec. 6, 2012); Lake Charles LNG Export Co.,
LLC (formerly Trunkline LNG Export, LLC), FE Docket No. 13-04-LNG,
78 FR 17189 (Mar. 20, 2013); Freeport-McMoRan Energy LLC, FE Docket
No. 13-26-LNG, 78 FR 34084 (June 6, 2013); Venture Global Calcasieu
Pass, LLC, FE Docket No. 13-69-LNG, 79 FR 30109 (May 27, 2014); Eos
LNG LLC, FE Docket No. 13-116-LNG, 78 FR 75337 (Dec. 11, 2013);
Barca LNG LLC, FE Docket No. 13-118-LNG, 78 FR 75339 (Dec. 11,
2013); Magnolia LNG, LLC, FE Docket No. 13-132-LNG, 79 FR 15980
(Mar. 24, 2014); Delfin LNG LLC, FE Docket No. 13-147-LNG, 79 FR
16782 (Mar. 26, 2014); Waller LNG Svs., LLC, FE Docket No. 13-153-
LNG, 79 FR 41685 (July 17, 2014); Gasfin Development USA, LLC, FE
Docket No. 13-161-LNG, 79 FR 44439 (July 31, 2014); Louisiana LNG
Energy LLC, FE Docket No. 14-29-LNG, 79 FR 57896 (Sept. 26, 2014);
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC, FE Docket No. 14-88-LNG, 79 FR
66707 (Nov. 10, 2014); SCT&E LNG, LLC, FE Docket No. 14-98-LNG, 79
FR 75796 (Dec. 19, 2014); Downeast LNG, Inc., FE Docket No. 14-173-
LNG, 80 FR 13532 (Mar. 16, 2015); Venture Global Calcasieu Pass,
LLC, FE Docket No. 15-25-LNG, 80 FR 36977 (June 29, 2015); G2 LNG
LLC, FE Docket No. 15-45-LNG, 80 FR 44091 (July 24, 2015); Texas LNG
Brownsville LLC, FE Docket No. 15-62-LNG, 80 FR 46966, (August 6,
2015); Strom Inc., FE Docket No. 15-78-LNG, 80 FR 51793 (Aug. 26,
2015); Cameron LNG, LLC, FE Docket No. 15-90-LNG, 80 FR 46970 (Aug.
6, 2015); Port Arthur LNG, LLC, FE Docket No. 15-96-LNG, 80 FR 51795
(Aug. 26, 2015); Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC, FE Docket No. 15-
97-LNG, 80 FR 51790 (Aug. 26, 2015). The Notice of application for
Flint Hills Resources, LP is currently pending in FE Docket No. 15-
168-LNG.
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Comments may be submitted using one of the following supplemental
methods:
(1) Submitting the comments using the online form at https://www.energy.gov/fe/2015-lng-study;
(2) Mailing an original and three paper copies of the filing to the
Office of Regulation and International Engagement at the address listed
in ADDRESSES; or
(3) Hand delivering an original and three paper copies of the
filing to the Office of Regulation and International
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Engagement at the address listed in ADDRESSES.
For administrative efficiency, DOE/FE prefers comments to be filed
electronically using the online form (method 1). However, for those
commenters lacking access to the Internet, comments may be filed in
hard copy using one of the other two methods identified above. All
comments must include a reference to the ``2014 EIA LNG Export Study''
and/or ``2015 LNG Export Study'' in the title line.
The 2014 EIA LNG Export Study and 2015 LNG Export Study are
available for inspection and copying in the Division of Natural Gas
Regulation docket room, Room 3E-042, 1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585. The docket room is open between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The
two studies and any comments filed in response to this Notice will be
available electronically at the following DOE/FE Web site: https://www.energy.gov/fe/2015-lng-study.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 18, 2015.
John A. Anderson,
Director, Office of Regulation and International Engagement, Office of
Oil and Natural Gas.
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