The Biden administration, which in January paused pending decisions on liquefied natural gas exports to allow it to review criteria for approving LNG export applications, plans to release the results of its study in “mid-December,” an Energy Department official said Dec. 4.
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., and two other Republican lawmakers asked the Energy Department this week to clarify the status of its study on liquefied natural gas exports.
The Biden administration expects by the end of the first quarter of calendar year 2025 to finish reviewing criteria for approving liquefied natural gas (LNG) export applications, an Energy Department official said last week.
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., and two other Republican lawmakers have asked Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to provide documents, communications and a staff-level briefing to help them understand the Energy Department’s role in the Biden administration’s temporary pause on pending decisions for liquefied natural gas exports. In a letter last week, the lawmakers said they’re concerned the pause will damage U.S. national security and energy security and that it may have been made for political reasons. The administration announced the pause in January (see 2401260070), saying it wants to review criteria for approving LNG projects, including the impact on climate change.