Seizing on higher US natural gas prices expected this winter, a group of industrial manufacturers is making a pitch for the Department of Energy to limit LNG exports and put a hold on some pending export project authorizations. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now “We urge you to take immediate action under the Natural Gas Act to prevent a supply crisis and price spikes for consumers this winter by requiring LNG exporters to reduce export rates … to allow US inventories to reach the five-year average storage levels,” the Industrial Energy Consumers of America wrote in a Sept. 17 letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm. The group also asked DOE to place all “existing, pending, and prefiling permits and approvals” in export facilities in the Lower-48 states, and review whether the facilities are in the public interest. IECA has long opposed the scope […]