The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced that New Fortress Energy’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal in the Port of San Juan was built and is currently incompliant with the Federal Natural Gas Law. In a 27-page order on a case dating to June 2020, the regulator determined that it has jurisdiction over the LNG […]
Federal regulators have asked the operator of a scandal-plagued Puerto Rico energy project to explain why they didn’t seek permission to build and operate a liquid natural gas terminal (LNG) adjacent to the island’s first major power project since a 2017 hurricane devastated the island’s electrical grid. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) last week […]
A lucrative contract to deliver natural gas to a Puerto Rico power generation plant was awarded through a process plagued by irregularities that provided unfair advantages to a company with limited experience on the island, according to a report co‑authored by Tom Sanzillo of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) and Ingrid […]