The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission now has all the documentation it needs to move to the next phase in analyzing the AK LNG Project. The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation announced Monday it had submitted the latest round of paperwork.
Central to FERC’s request was a response to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. It filed a complaint with FERC arguing the project hadn’t done enough to look at other possible sites for parts of the project, namely, the location of a new, $20 billion dollar liquefaction plant. The Mat-Su Borough thought Port Mackenzie on the western shore of Knik Arm should have gotten some consideration along with Nikiski.
In documents AK LNG sent to FERC, the Port manager is quoted several times at different public meetings supporting a terminus in Nikiski, but calling for that region to have access to the pipeline’s natural gas. AK LNG also cited the numerous current uses and customers at Port Mackenzie that would be incompatible with a large gas processing facility.
As FERC continues its review of the project, AGDC is planning for a busy 2018 on the Kenai Peninsula, with some of the early prep work tentatively scheduled to start this year. AGDC will be in Nikiski for another public meeting next month.