With Trump presidency looming, Biden plans to publish draft gas export study this year
The Biden administration plans to publish a draft study by the end of this year that could have implications for the future of new gas exports.
The administration said earlier this year that it would work to more fully assess the impacts of exporting U.S.-produced natural gas on climate change, national security and economics.
Since that time, the Energy Department has worked on studying those impacts.
An energy official told The Hill on Thursday the department planned to have a draft analysis out before the end of this year. Publication will be followed by a 60-day comment period.
Bloomberg reported Thursday that the administration planned to finish the study this month.
It’s not clear whether the final version of the study will be completed before President-elect Trump takes office.
But if it does, the study’s findings could put information on the record that conflicts with an anticipated effort from the Trump administration to rapidly approve more gas export facilities.
The Biden administration announced the assessment in conjunction with its since-halted pause on approving new gas export terminals. It said at the time that it was taking on the study because current analyses may not “adequately account” for factors such as climate change.
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