Information Links

• www.ferc.gov
  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). FERC is an independent regulatory agency within the Department of Energy that regulates the transmission and sale of natural gas for resale in interstate commerce and oversees environmental matters related to natural gas, oil, electricity and hydroelectric projects. FERC will be the lead Federal agency in the projects permitting process and will be responsible for issuing an import license and for the preparation of an Environmental Impact Study for the project.
• www.energy.state.or.us/siting/announce.htm
  Energy Facilities Siting Council (OEFSC) – The lead Oregon state agency responsible for the issuance of a Site Certificate, a requirement needed to construction an energy facility.
• www.energy.gov
  The United States Department of Energy (DOE). The mission of the DOE is to enhance the security of the nation by securing safe and reliable sources of energy.
• www.eia.doe.gov
  The Energy Information Administration (EIA), created by Congress in 1977, is a statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Energy.
• www.beg.utexas.edu/energyecon/lng
  Introduction to LNG prepared by Center for Energy Economics, Bureau for Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin.
• www.lngfacts.org/
  The Center for Liquefied Natural Gas
• www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/testimony/2003/20030710/default.htm
  Alan Greenspan’s testimony to the US Senate on natural gas supply
• www.ferc.gov/news/congressionaltestimony/030503_wood.pdf
  Summary of Testimony of Pat Wood III Chairman, FERC, Before the subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality of the committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives, March 5, 2003
• www.energy.ca.gov/lng
  Liquefied Natural Gas in California: History, Risk, and Siting; California Energy Commission, Staff White Paper, July 2003 700-03-005
• www.fossil.energy.gov {type Sandia + LNG into the search bar}
  Results of a comprehensive, year-long study of liquefied natural gas safety and security that was conducted by scientists at the Sandia National Laboratories.