LNG Exports: The View of a Major Public Utilities Trade Group

Kalisch: APGA is not anti-free trade, but believes that policymakers must make choices about how best to promote the interests of the United States and its people. We believe that the wise policy choice at this time is to oppose the exports of LNG and to use all public policy means at our disposal to promote natural gas here at home.


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Bill W.  |  August 02, 2013
It is clear to me that APGA is NOT a Supply and Demand supporter. It is free market principles that have put us in the position of being the most powerful and prosperous nation in world history. If supply dwindles and demand rises, prices rise. If supply increases, prices drop. Restricting anything puts us in the position of being a "Protectionist". Let the markets work and we will continue to grow despite the efforts of this administration and the APGA.
Jim Montgomery  |  August 01, 2013
We have seen nat gas prices fall dramatically in the last few years and I know my electrictiy rates have not followed. The Utility analysis is disingenuous at best. They have not done what they say. They cannot be believed.
jim montgomery  |  August 01, 2013
We want our cake and to eat it too! The gas producers will have no reason to explore for more gas if they are held to a minimum price as will occur if they connot export. Duh! The public good is always best served by people doing what is best for themselves. Do Not Ban Exports!
J  |  August 01, 2013
It turns my stomach to think how these people have the audacity to believe they have some God-given right to cheap natural gas. The work, sweat, capital and risk that went into developing the technology to unlock shale gas is no different than the work, capital and risk that say, Apple, puts into its innovative products. Now, do you think it is ok for us to tell Apple they cannot sell their products to people around the world? Do you think we have a God-given right as Americans to cheap iPhones because Apple is a U.S. company? Natural gas produced from private property in the U.S. is no different. Which leads to my final point...here is a quote from the interview where Mr. Kalisch really shows his cards: "In reality, this debate is about whether it is in the public interest to export OUR natural gas resources to countries which do not open their markets to our goods and services and whether given that exports to FTA countries are automatic, is it wise to export even more gas to non-FTA countries." [emphasis added]. Notice how he refers to natural gas as "our" natural gas. Herein lies the problem. These people have no concept of the basic, fundamental right of private property in the U.S. Most natural gas in the U.S. is produced from private property. The mineral estate belongs to its private owner. It does not belong to the public unless it is produced from public land. So, Mr. Kalisch, it not your natural gas, nor our natural gas. The gas belongs to the private land owners and hard working, risk-taking E&P companies that own the rights to it. They should be able to sell it to whoever, wherever and for however much they damn well please. Unless the gas is produced from public lands or a communist country, then your entire argument falls flat on its face. And for what it is worth, I do not work for an E&P company.


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