NGSA Natural Gas Supply Association : Statement on State of the Union Address

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For Immediate Release: January 31, 2018

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NGSA Statement on State of the Union Address

(Washington, D.C.) -- Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA) president and CEO Dena E. Wiggins made the following statement about President Trump's State of the Union address last night:

"We applaud the President's recognition of the need to improve the permitting process for infrastructure. The average time for the permitting process for natural gas pipelines, which are built by private capital, is an unnecessarily long four years. We hope that Congress and the Administration will work together on reforms to enable a timelier permitting system, so that American homes and businesses don't face needless delays in getting the reliable heat and electricity they need. Greater use of natural gas here in the U.S. and through LNG exports can yield tremendous benefits to our economy and environment, but these can only be realized without unnecessary regulations that slow infrastructure and responsible development."

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The Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA) represents integrated and independent companies that supply natural gas. Founded in 1965, NGSA is the only national trade association that solely focuses on producer-marketer issues related to the downstream natural gas industry. NGSA maintains a deep focus on the regulatory issues that affect natural gas producer-marketers and has been involved in a substantive manner in every one of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's significant natural gas rulemakings since FERC's creation in 1977. For more information, please visitwww.ngsa.org andwww.naturalgas.org.

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