Summary

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (DOE/EA-2203) for the Venture Global Plaquemines LNG Uprate Amendment Project (Amendment), proposed by Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC (Plaquemines LNG). Plaquemines LNG requests authorization to increase the authorized peak liquefaction capacity of the existing Plaquemines LNG Export Terminal (Terminal) in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. 

Plaquemines LNG proposes to increase the Terminal’s authorized peak liquefaction capacity achievable under optimal conditions from 24.0 million metric tons per annum (MTPA) to 27.2 MTPA of liquified natural gas (LNG) – or from approximately 1,240 billion cubic feet to 1,405 billion cubic feet per year (natural gas equivalence).

This EA was prepared by FERC, with DOE as a cooperating agency. DOE, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, has an obligation under Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act to authorize the import and export of natural gas, including LNG, unless it finds that the import or export is not consistent with the public interest. (DOE's participation as a cooperating agency and assignment of a document number are not a commitment that DOE will adopt or supplement the EA.)