“Texas LNG is granted a five-year extension of time, to November 22, 2029, to construct and make available for service the Texas LNG project,” FERC said in its order dated August 21.
The Commission affirmed its earlier determinations that the Texas LNG project is “not inconsistent with the public interest.”
“Texas LNG shall continue to comply with all applicable terms and environmental conditions set forth in the appendix to the authorization order and Appendix A in the remand order,” FERC said.
Back in 2019, FERC authorized Texas LNG to build the plant and place it in service by November 22, 2024.
Last year, Texas LNG sought an additional five-year extension to complete construction and place the project in service due to delays arising from litigation and permitting challenges.
In the meantime, FERC recently issued the final supplemental environmental impact statement for the Texas LNG project.
FERC prepared the final SEIS to address the August 6, 2024 opinion issued by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit regarding the Commission’s environmental review of the Texas LNG project, proposed by Glenfarne’s Texas LNG Brownsville.
FID this year
Flenfarne confirmed in its statement earlier this month, announcing the final SEIS, that it is targeting a final investment decision on its Texas LNG export project by the end of 2025.
According to Glenfarne, Texas LNG has secured customer offtake commitments from EQT Corporation, Gunvor, Macquarie, and one of Europe’s leading utilities in a volume sufficient for achieving FID.
Kiewit is leading the engineering, procurement, and construction of Texas LNG under a lump-sum turnkey structure agreed last year.
Glenfarne said the final SEIS is the latest milestone for its federally authorized LNG portfolio, which also includes the Alaska LNG project and the Magnolia LNG project.
All three LNG projects are progressing towards final investment decisions, the company said.
