Louisiana
Main Pass Energy Hub, Louisiana
STATUS: Temporarily Suspended TYPE: Natural Gas OPPOSITION: Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco; environmental groups PROSPECT: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: McMoRan Exploration Co. filed a Deepwater Port License application with the U.S. Coast Guard and Maritime Administration in 2004 to construct the $1 billion … Continue reading
Shell Gulf Landing, Louisiana
STATUS: Killed TYPE: Natural Gas OPPOSITION: Coastal Conservation Association (CCA); Sierra Club; Louisiana Boat Association; Gumbo Alliance for Safe LNG PROSPECT: Dead BACKGROUND: In 2003, Shell US Gas & Power LLC proposed to develop a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal … Continue reading
Cameron LNG Expansion, Hackberry, Louisiana
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Natural Gas OPPOSITION: Environmental groups PROSPECT: Likely BACKGROUND: Sempra Energy is seeking to expand the liquefied natural gas (LN) processing capacity at its recently constructed Cameron LNG facility in Hackberry, Louisiana. The expansion will … Continue reading
Little Gypsy, Louisiana
STATUS: Canceled TYPE: Coal OPPOSITION: Sierra Club PROSPECTS: Unlikely BACKGROUND: Little Gypsy was a proposed 530 MW coal plant in Montz, Louisiana. The developer, Entergy Corp., planed to retrofit the plant from natural gas to coal due to … Continue reading
Big Cajun I, Louisiana
STATUS: In progress with opposition OPPOSITION: Sierra Club TYPE: Coal PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: In 2006 NRG submitted an application to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for conversion of two boilers at the Big Cajun I power plant from … Continue reading
Big Cajun II, Louisiana
STATUS: Canceled TYPE: Coal OPPOSITION: Sierra Club PROSPECTS: Unlikely BACKGROUND: The developer proposed Big Cajun II Unit 4 as a 675 megawatt, $1 billion expansion of an existing three-unit, 1,730 megawatt coal plant. The new unit was … Continue reading
River Bend Station Unit 3, St. Francisville, Louisiana
STATUS: In progress; NRC review currently suspended TYPE: Nuclear OPPOSITION: Public Citizen; Alliance for Affordable Energy PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: In September 2008, Entergy Corp. filed an application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to build and operate a 1,550-megawatt … Continue reading