Commerce OKs AES LNG Project, Blocks Weaver's Cove

摘要

In the first of two rulings on contentious liquefied natural gas terminal projects, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said Thursday that AES Corp.'s proposed Sparrows Point project is needed to meet rising natural gas demand in the Mid-Atlantic region, denying an attempt by Maryland to block the proposal.rnBut in a second decision Thursday, Gutierrez ruled that Massachusetts' objection to Mill River Pipeline LLC's proposed Weaver's Cove project-a planned $550 million LNG import terminal and associated six-mile natural gas pipeline proposed for construction along the Taunton River near Fall River, Mass.-was proper, citing potential "adverse coastal effects" from LNG tanker traffic associated with the project.