State report says NY may need offshore gas terminals
Quick ReadDeep in the state's 10-year energy plan is a section that says he state might need liquefied natural gas-receiving facilities to meet its energy needs.
Photo credit: Handout | Atlantic Sea Island Group wants to build and operate a liquefied natural gas receiving, storage and regasification facility named Safe Harbor Energy on a manmade island 13.5 miles south of Long Beach.
Deep within a voluminous 10-year energy master plan proposed for New York State are a few paragraphs that give some environmentalists and local politicians fits but give some in the natural gas industry encouragement: The paragraphs say the state might need liquefied natural gas-receiving facilities to meet its energy needs.
The plan was prepared on orders from Gov. David A. Paterson in April...
