Republicans urge Biden admin to stop delaying major gas pipeline projectA group of House and Senate Republicans penned a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the nation's top energy regulator, asking it to stop slow-walking approval for a key natural gas project in the Pacific Northwest.
In the letter sent Friday, the eight lawmakers — led by Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., and joined by fellow Oregon GOP Rep. Cliff Bentz, four other House Republicans and Idaho GOP Sens. Mike Crapo and James Risch — called for the immediate approval of the Gas Transmission Northwest XPress Project (GTNXP). The project would upgrade three existing compressor stations, increasing capacity on an existing system that has transported natural gas for decades.
"This delay has created significant uncertainty for energy users in the states and districts we represent and will likely subject them to higher priced energy alternatives," the group wrote in the letter first obtained by Fox News Digital. "It is unreasonable for a project like GTN XPress, which meets all the Commission's criteria and impacts no landowners, to be subject to such lengthy delays. It is time for FERC to act."
"Further, according to FERC's FEIS (final environmental impact statement) the project would not have significant environmental impacts," they continued. "Regarding GHG (greenhouse gases) emissions more generally, increasing natural gas use in electricity generation has already helped the nation achieve significant reductions in GHG emissions, with electric sector emissions dropping 32% between 2005 and 2019 largely driven by the transition from coal to natural gas."...............
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