Exports? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?. Pieridae Energy USA Ltd Filing with DOE

Exports?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?

Pieridae Energy USA Ltd Filing with DOE

PIERIDAE ENERGY (USA) LTD. FE DKT. NO. 14-179-LNG

The Office of Fossil Energy gives notice of receipt of an application filed on October 24, 2014, by Pieridae Energy (USA) Ltd (Pieridae) requesting long-term, multi-contract authority as further described below, to export to Canada up to 292 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per year of natural gas (0.8 Bcf/day) for a term of 20 years beginning on the earliest of the date of first export or seven years from the date requested

authorization is granted.  The natural gas would be exported near Baileyville, Maine on the Maritimes & Northeast  US Pipeline.

Pursuant to Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act,  Pieridae requests the Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy grant permission to export natural gas into Canada for consumption and through Canada, after conversion in Canada into LNG, to (i) any country with which the United States currently has, or in the future may enter into, a free trade agreement requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas and (ii) any country with which the United States does not have a free trade agreement requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas with which trade is not prohibited by US law or policy.  Pieridae requests exporting permission for itself, or to act as agent for others.

Why Canada?NAFTA – NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT

Elimination of tariffsIs there a fee or duty for exporting gas?

Like natural gas imports, the Canadian-United States FTA eliminated all tariffs and fees on natural gas exports from the United States to Canada. On August 16, 1999, the Mexican government abolished its four percent duty on natural gas imported into Mexico. Based on NAFTA, this duty was scheduled to be phased out by January 1, 2003.

The North American Free Trade Agreement ‘NAFTA’ is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral rules-based trade bloc in North America.

Transportation infrastructureNAFTA established the CANAMEX Corridor for road transport between Canada and Mexico, also proposed for use by rail,

pipeline, and fiber optic telecommunications infrastructure. This became a High Priority Corridor under the U.S. Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.

MOTIONS TO INTERVENE

WHO AND WHY

NH PLAN Motion to Intervene

Who filed motions to intervene?PIPELINE OPPONENTS

New Hampshire Pipeline Awareness Network (NHPLAN)

Massachusetts Pipeline Awareness Network (MassPLAN)

Dracut Pipeline Awareness Group

Compressor Free Franklin

CONSERVATION GROUPSBerkshire Environmental Action Team, Inc. (BEAT)

Breathe Easy Susquehana PA

Food and Water Watch

Catskill Mountainkeeper

Foundation for a Green Future

350CT

Bolton Conservation Trust

Who else filed motions to intervene?

INDUSTRYIndustrial Energy Consumers of AmericaChicago Bridge and Iron N.VSaint John Gas Marketing Co.

INDUSTRIAL ENERGY CONSUMERS OF AMERICA

INDUSTRIAL ENERGY CONSUMERS OF AMERICA

CONSUME OVER 25% OF ENERGY IN U.S.A.

Non partisan association of leading manufacturing companies

Annual Sales = $1 Trillion

2900 Facilities Nationwide

1.4 Million Employees

IECA ADVOCACY FOR ENERGY SUPPLY

Promotes interests of U.S. manufacturers

Through advocacy and collaboration

Cost of energy impacts U.S. companies’ ability to compete in domestic and world markets

IECA SECTORS OF INDUSTRY CHEMICAL

PLASTICS

STEEL

IRON ORE

ALUMINUM

PAPER

FOOD PROCESSING

BREWING

BUILDING PRODUCTS

INSULATION

GLASS

CEMENT

INDUSTRIAL GASES

PHARMACEUTICAL

INDEPENDENT OIL REFINING

FERTILIZER

Why would IECA file a motion to intervene?

“the cost of gas is critical to us”

“From 1999 to 2008, the cost of natural gas has risen 208%”

Who will pay if gas will be exported?

YOU WILL