There has been quite a lot of restriction on building LNG export plants. Lots of federal permits before it can be built. The won't approve them all.
You’re right, and the NIMBYs are out in force too. But there’s too much money at stake and some sort of export regime is going to happen. On the East Coast, it looks like Cove Point will be the first to open. There are efforts to open one in Philadelphia too, but that is soon to be under the control of Comrade Governor Wolf.
Shame about that too. If Corbett hadn’t implemented the biggest gas tax hike in PA history and given us probably the highest gas prices in the country, he’d cruise to re-election.
The last two gas tax hikes were both under Republicans, Ridge and Corbett. At least with Ridge it was only a nickel increase on what was then $1.33/gallon gas.