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FERC Proposes NEPA Revisions to Streamline Air Quality Analyses and Accelerate Natural Gas Projects

LCG, October 16, 2026--The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced on Thursday its new proposal to revise and accelerate its review of air quality effects for proposed natural gas projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The draft policy statement highlights revisions designed to (i) avoid unnecessary delays and duplicative analysis and (ii) deliver greater regulatory certainty and a streamlined path forward for project applicants.

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AEP Announces 702-MW Bloom Fuel Cell Project to Serve Google in Wyoming

LCG, October 14, 2026--American Electric Power (AEP) today announced plans for a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Google, under which AEP will invest approximately $4 billion to advance a new 702-MW fuel cell generation project located near Cheyenne, Wyoming. Google will acquire power from Cheyenne Fuel Cell, LLC, which is approximately 92 percent owned and controlled by AEP and 8 percent owned by funds advised by Basalt Infrastructure Partners, LLP. AEP and its partners plan to start construction this year and to be fully operational by the end of 2028.

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Gas Storage Facility Construction Announced

LCG, Apr. 22, 2004--A planned natural gas storage facility to be in a salt cavern will proceed towards construction, according to SGR Holdings, LLC's subsidiary SG Resources Mississippi, LLC (SGRM), following FERC and Fish and Wildlife Service approvals.

The facility, intended for Greene County, Mississippi, will provide firm and secondary firm storage at market rates. and have interconnects with Destin Pipeline Company, LLC, and Florida Gas Transmission Company (FGT) installations, among others. Mark Cook, a principal of SGRM, said "The Southern Pines Energy Center is ideally located to serve as a supply and storage market hub for seven major pipelines serving Florida and the southeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States." Cook commented the Center could enhance the infrastructure available to serve Florida, the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic.

SGR plans to be operating the storage site by late 2005, and complete the 12 billion cubic feet of capacity by 2006. It would permit withdrawals of as much as 1.2 Bcf each day, and injections of up to .6 billion cubic feet per day.
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