Plaquemines Project Impact

Similar to our Calcasieu Pass Project, our Plaquemines Project aims to positively impact the surrounding community by driving economic growth, engaging with our neighbors, and investing in environmental preservation. While we construct the project, we will employ several thousand individuals. When filling these roles, we prioritize individuals from our community. The Plaquemines LNG Project has employed approximately 3,000 people from Plaquemines Parish and other nearby Parishes in Louisiana.  The Plaquemines LNG project has also supported more than 3,000 additional direct construction jobs, with many of those filled by Louisiana residents from outside the Project area. The Plaquemines LNG facility has hired approximately 500 staff for permanent operational roles.  Approximately 75% of these staff were from Plaquemines Parish and other nearby Parishes in Louisiana; and more than 90% of the operational staff are Louisianans. This commitment to working with our local stakeholders has resulted in a dramatic increase in employment in our community. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Plaquemines Parish experienced a 2.2% decline in employment from 2020 to 2021. Our commitment to the employment of Plaquemines Parish residents means we have or will employ about 6% of the Plaquemines Parish civilian labor force, based on the latest statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau. In total, we have or will employ more than 5,000 residents of the state of Louisiana, meaning approximately one in every 500 workers in the state will directly benefit from the Plaquemines Project with many more benefiting indirectly. In addition to our commitment to direct employment of our community, we have also extended our “Will to Skill” program to Plaquemines Parish. In total, we have graduated approximately 140 individuals through our partnership with Nunez Community College. Graduates were trained in commercial driving, safety management, and electrical work. Similar to our experiences at Calcasieu Pass, these programs were born out of our community engagement efforts. We operate a Community Advisory Group (“CAG”) with nine members whose backgrounds span from local business owners to education professionals and includes local government officials and community leaders. This CAG meets quarterly such that we are supplementing our daily interactions with the community with a formal opportunity every 90 days. From our connection with the community we fielded and acted upon requests for funding for first responders. As such, we have purchased a new fire truck, a new ambulance, sponsored firefighting training at Texas A&M for the Plaquemines Parish Fire Department, and donated $500,000 to the Plaquemines Parish Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness to upgrade the 911 Emergency Call Center. In addition to these direct actions, our facility’s presence has provided substantial indirect benefits. For example, citing a significant uplift in tax revenue due construction of our facility, the Plaquemines Parish School Board provided a 10% raise to all teachers and staff in the parish in August of 2022, retroactive for the 2021-2022 school year. Our contributions to the community and commitment to playing a vital part in the transition to a more sustainable future is further demonstrated by our costal preservation and restoration efforts. To date, marsh creation and restoration activities have been initiated on approximately 40 acres and we have committed to ongoing monitoring of the pipeline right of way to ensure natural revegetation is occurring, We have supplemented this effort with our purchase of wetland mitigation credits. In total, $40 million dollars has been spent on credits to fully offset our Calcasieu, Plaquemines, and CP2 projects.