Dianne Phillips is a Partner in the
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On Dec. 28, 2018, the Office of Fossil Energy of the Department
of Energy (DOE) filed a notice in the Federal Register indicating its
response to the 19 public comments received on its study entitled
Macroeconomic Outcomes of Market Determined
Levels of U.S. LNG Exports, and that its conclusions were
available on its public docket. DOE had previously sought comments by notice published June 12,
2018.
As described in a
prior blog post, pursuant to Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act
(NGA), 15 U.S.C. § 717b, DOE must evaluate whether such
exports are in the public interest. In making that determination,
DOE considers factors such as economic impacts, international
impacts, security of natural gas supply and environmental impacts.
DOE typically relies upon liquefied natural gas (LNG) export
studies in making these determinations. Since 2012, DOE has
commissioned five studies to examine the effects of LNG exports.
The
