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Benefits and Testimonials

Ten Benefits

  1. Potential to off-set natural gas and electricity prices:
    • Energy demand is increasing: Approximately 40% of America's electrical power-generating plants are powered by clean natural gas.
    • Natural gas sets the price of electric power in the Mid-Atlantic Region almost 50% of all hours
    • Experts estimate a 15-to-30% savings over piped-in natural gas, now coming long-distances to Maryland.
  2. Over $13 million in State & local government sales, income, and property taxes each year.


  3. Direct good-paying jobs: Up to 4 million union man-hours during construction and 60+ permanent jobs.


  4. Numerous indirect jobs: tug boat operators, ship pilots, maintenance, security, etc.


  5. No government subsidies or taxpayer support.


  6. Beneficial long-term re-use of underutilized 80-acres on Sparrows Point industrial site.


  7. Spin-off commercial and industrial opportunities that can benefit from clean natural gas.


  8. Innovative re-use of dredge sediments may be used to kick-start a statewide program to recycle dredging material into roadbed or other concrete-like uses: An environmentally-preferred option to disposal sites.


  9. Direct/indirect construction benefits to the local economy: $200+ million.


  10. Direct operating expenditures and indirect/induced business supports local vendors: $40 million per year.



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Testimonials

Baltimore County LNG depot is well worth the risks

On Feb. 27, the U.S. Coast Guard released findings that described the actions necessary to ensure the security of the liquid natural gas I hope will soon be using the LNG terminal proposed for Sparrows Point.

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Comprehensive Slide Show on LNG Properties & Safety Concerns

Donald E. Milsten, former State of Maryland Director of the Maryland Energy Office & Maryland Energy Administration. Currently, Energy Consultant on energy efficiency, fuel matters, and energy emergency preparedness. Served on the staff of National Association of State Energy Officials.

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Open Letter From Former Congresswoman Helen D. Bentley

It is great regret that I must terminate my independent contractor engagement with the AES Corporation. I have enjoyed working with you and other members of the AES Sparrows Point team, and continue to believe that your proposed LNG facility at Sparrows Point is a good project at the right place at the right time.

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LNG Safety Regarding Water Activities: Testimony from Glen M. Paine representing the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS)

My name is Glen M. Paine. I have been the Executive Director of the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) for the last eight years.

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Real Estate Values and LNG Facilities: A First-Hand Report in Maryland by Calvert County Real Estate Agent Arthur Carson

My name is Arthur Carson and I live at 13236 Trenton Ave, Lusby Maryland, in Calvert County.

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U.S. Senate Endorses FERC's LNG Approval Process

LNG: Senate appropriators give FERC thumbs-up on terminal siting record

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