Duke Citrus County methane plant Open House 2014-07-10

July 5, 2014Citrus County, FloridaCitrus County, Crystal River, Duke Energy, Florida, John S. Quarterman, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

Duke Energy to hold Crystal River, FL gas plant meeting same day as Leesburg, GA pipeline hearing. Curiously Duke is not calling it the Crystal River plant, even though it’s right next to Duke’s failed Crystal River nuke. Duke first said this plant would get its gas from the Sabal Trail pipeline and then said … Continue reading →

Duke plant in Citrus County likely Sabal Trail gas pipe customer

December 15, 2013Economy, Florida, Levy CountyCitrus County, Duke Energy, Economy, FL PSC, Florida, John S. Quarterman, Levy County, nuclear, Sabal Trail Transmission, solar, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Sterling IveyJohn S. Quarterman

Spectra’s Sabal Trail Transmission wants to slice through Alabama, Georgia, and north Florida to get to FPL and Duke gas plants in Florida. That helps explain the Citrus County Pipeline offshoot tacked onto the end of Sabal Trail’s 15 November 2013 update to FERC. Bill Thompson wrote for the Ocala StarBanner 14 December 2014, Duke … Continue reading →

Duke Energy buys into Sabal Trail

May 5, 2015Alabama, Economy, Florida, Georgia, North CarolinaAlabama, Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Dominion, Duke Energy, Economy, Florida, Georgia, John S. Quarterman, NextEra Energy, North Carolina, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Virginia, West VirginiaJohn S. Quarterman

Are Spectra and FPL running short on money so they have to take on a new investor? Has the opposition cost them $225 million already? The AP story includes two misconceptions. After protests continuing into this year, a criminal trespass lawsuit against Sabal Trail, and multiple parties filing amicus briefs, this is all AP remembers: … Continue reading →

Find that Sabal Trail has not met its burden to show the pipeline is needed –Winfred Dukes

November 14, 2014Dougherty County, Environment, Ethics, FERC, Florida, Georgia, Law, Safety, WaterAlbany, Dinorah Hall, Dougherty County, enfironmental justice, environment, Ethics, FERC, Florida, FPL, Georgia, Gloria Gains, John S. Quarterman, Law, Sabal Trail Transmission, Safety, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Steven D. Caley, Water, Winfred Dukes, Winfred J. DukesJohn S. Quarterman

Produce the agreements that allegedly justify need: Again, if SST is going to rely on precedent agreements to justify taking people’s private property by eminent domain, it should at least be required to produce the agreements. And this: Based on all of the above. it does not require much of a leap to assume that … Continue reading →

Duke withdraws Suwannee and Polk plant plans

August 30, 2014Economy, FERC, Florida, Polk County, Solar, Suwannee Countyconservation, Duke Energy, Duval County, Economy, efficiency, FERC, Florida, John S. Quarterman, Polk County, Sabal Trail Transmission, solar, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Suwannee CountyJohn S. Quarterman

Opposition to the Sabal Trail pipeline may be having more widespread effects. The same day FERC told Sabal Trail to pay attention to karst limestone sinkhole opposition, Duke announced it wasn’t going to “modernize” that plant. Two days later, Sabal Trail told one of that opposition that it was considering moving its Suwannee River crossing … Continue reading →

Duke Energy doesn’t care whether Sabal Trail pipeline is ever built

July 16, 2014Citrus County, Economy, FL PSC, Florida, Marion Countyboondoggle, Citrus County, Duke Energy, Economy, FGT, FL PSC, Florida, Florida Gas Transmission, FPL, GNGS, Greenlaw, Gulfstream, Gulfstream Natural Gas System, John S. Quarterman, Marion County, Politics, Sabal Trail Transmission, Sierra Club, Spectra Energy, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

Raining on Spectra’s pipeline parade, Duke Energy’s Citrus County power plant open house once again emphasized Duke doesn’t care if Spectra and FPL’s fracked methane pipeline is ever built. And it’s not just because of Duke’s power plant that natural gas prices may go up soon: Sabal Trail feeding methane to already-authorized LNG export operations … Continue reading →

Duke Energy doesn’t need Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline

June 4, 2014Citrus County, Economy, FL PSC, FloridaCitrus County, Duke Energy, Economy, FL PSC, Florida, Florida Gas Transmission, FPL, John S. Quarterman, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBustersJohn S. Quarterman

Even Duke Energy thinks the Sabal Trail pipeline is not necessary. Pat Faherty wrote 30 May 2014 for the Citrus County Chronicle, Natural-gas plant not tied to pipeline completion (I added the images and links), Construction of Duke Energy’s $1.5 billion power plant in Citrus County is not dependent on completion of the controversial Sabal … Continue reading →

Duke gas plants to be fueled by Sabal Trail fracked methane

May 24, 2014Citrus County, FL PSC, Florida, Polk County, Suwannee CountyBartow, Citrus County, Citrus County Pipeline, coal, Crystal River, Duke Energy, Florida, Florida PSC, FPL, Hine Energy, John S. Quarterman, Live Oak, natural gas, NextEra Energy, nuclear, Polk County, Progress Energy, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Suwannee CountyJohn S. Quarterman

Tuesday May 27th Duke plans to file with FL PSC for approval to use Sabal Trail fracked methane at its former Crystal River nuclear site in Citrus County, Florida, and apparently for two other Duke plants in Suwannee County and Polk County. The Citrus County Commissioners have a Comprehensive Plan change for Duke on their … Continue reading →

Comments from SpectraBusters, Inc. against small LNG

October 18, 2017Cecile Scofield, DOE, FE, Hazards, Law, LNG, SafetyBomb Trains, Bomb Trucks, Cecile Scofield, Debra Johnson, Department of Energy, DoE, Duke Energy, Enbridge, environment, Ethics, explosion, export, Federal Register Comment, FERC, FL PSC, Florida, Florida Southeast Connection, FPL, Fracking, Georgia, Gov. Rick Scott, Hazard, Hazards, Health, John Quarterman, John S. Quarterman, Law, leak, LNG, NextEra Energy, No Regulations, petition, Sabal Trail Pipeline, Sabal Trail Transmission, Safety, Small Scale LNG, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, Suwannee County, Transportation, Trump, USA, Water Protectorsspectrabusters

Submitted in Public Comment Concerning Unregulated Small Scale LNG Processing Facilities: Duke nuke and gas plant down Power Line Road, Crystal River, FL, from new Strom location (the blue box). From: Spectra Busters <spectrabusters@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 4:03 PM Subject: RIN 1901-AB43 and FE Docket No. 17-86-R To: fergas@hq.doe.gov Cc: Spectra Busters … Continue reading →

Strom Crystal River LNG export approval 2014-10-21

March 6, 2016Citrus County, FE, FERC, Florida, Fracking, LNG, StromCitrus County, Crystal River, Department of Energy, DoE, Duke Energy, FE, FERC, FGT, Florida, Florida Gas Transmission, Fracking, Free Trade, Gulf of Mexico, in-service date, John S. Quarterman, LNG, Office of Fossil Energy, Sabal Trail Transmission, Spectra Energy, SpectraBusters, StromJohn S. Quarterman

Strom can ramp up its LNG export to the Gulf from Crystal River an order of magnitude with its initial units, and then add more units, all without any further approval by anybody, says this Order from the U.S. DoE Office of Fossil Energy, which also appears to permit bomb trains shipping LNG anywhere in … Continue reading →

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