SUEZ LNG NA President and CEO Clay Harris Testifies on LNG Before the United States House of Representatives Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming

WASHINGTON, July 30 /PRNewswire/ — Clay Harris, President and CEO of SUEZ LNG NA, testified today before the United States House of Representatives Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming on the role of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in meeting the energy needs of the United States.

“I am grateful for the leadership shown by Chairman Markey and Congressman Sensenbrenner on the issue of energy supply and availability of natural gas,” Harris said. “It is important to recognize that as demand for clean burning natural gas continues to grow, we will need to grow supplies of natural gas from all sources — onshore, offshore, and LNG.”

“LNG is right now, and must continue to be, an important part of the solution. At the same time, we need to realize that LNG is just a part of the solution. It is not and cannot be a substitute for other North American natural gas supplies; rather, it will supplement them,” he continued.

SUEZ LNG NA, which is currently the largest importer of LNG into the United States, owns and operates the nation’s longest operating LNG facility in Everett, Massachusetts, and is constructing an offshore LNG facility near Gloucester, Massachusetts. An affiliate is also currently working to complete the permitting of an offshore LNG facility to meet the growing energy needs of Florida consumers.

“We want to continue to provide consumers with natural gas in the most economical way possible,” Harris said. “We look forward to working with the Select Committee and the entire Congress on policies that help us address consumers’ needs for reliable and affordable energy.”

Copies of Harris’s testimony are available at http://www.suezenergyna.com/ in the SUEZ LNG NA section under Related Info.

About SUEZ LNG NA and SUEZ Energy North America

SUEZ LNG NA LLC is a subsidiary of SUEZ Energy North America, Inc. (SENA), which manages a range of energy businesses in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, including electricity generation and cogeneration, natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG), asset-based trading and origination, and retail energy sales and related services to commercial and industrial customers.

SENA owns and/or operates a total of 47 power, cogeneration, steam, and chilled-water facilities, including those in construction, representing a capacity of more than 6,382 MW of electricity generation, 6.0 million pounds per hour of steam, and 41,973 tons per hour of chilled water. SENA’s wholly owned subsidiary, Distrigas of Massachusetts, owns and operates a liquefied natural gas receiving terminal in Everett, Mass., which began operations in 1971 and currently serves most of the gas utilities in New England and key power producers, meeting approximately 20 percent of New England’s annual gas demand. In addition, SENA has an LNG deepwater port under construction off the coast of Massachusetts and another LNG deepwater port under development off the coast of Florida.

SUEZ LNG NA and SUEZ Energy North America are part of the international energy group, GDF SUEZ.

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