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The under-construction CP2 liquefied natural gas plant in Louisiana has gotten final approval to export LNG to countries that don’t have free trade agreements with the U.S., the Department of Energy announced this week.

What’s going on: Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Tuesday signed the final export authorization for Venture Global’s NAM-supported Calcasieu Pass 2 LNG Terminal in Cameron Parish.

• The finalization follows the administration’s conditional approval in March of non-FTA LNG exports by CP2, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s May siting, construction and operating approval of the facility.

Why it’s important: The move allows CP2—on which work was halted during the previous administration’s LNG export ban and restarted by the current White House—to export up to 3.96 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day once up and running.

The final say: “On Day 1, [President Trump] lifted the LNG export ban and made a commitment to unleash American energy dominance,” the NAM wrote in a social post following the final authorization’s announcement.

• “[Secretary Wright] builds on that promise by signing the final export authorization for [Venture Global]’s CP2 LNG Project.”

Louisiana connection: NAM President and CEO Jay Timmons was in the Pelican State last week for the American Council for Capital Formation’s Energy Summit 2025, where he moderated a panel on the importance of energy as a strategic asset to the United States.

• “Oil and natural gas have been indispensable to Louisiana, indispensable to our nation [and] indispensable to manufacturing leadership in the United States,” Timmons told the audience at the conference.