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FERC Reauthorizes Transco’s Northeast Pipeline Project

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On August 28, 2025, FERC reauthorized Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC’s (Transco) Northeast Supply Enhancement Project (NESE) to deliver natural gas supply to the Northeast, including the New York City area. FERC...more

Hogan Lovells

New technical standard for natural gas processing facilities: NOM-019-ASEA-2024 officially published

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New Standard: The newly issued NOM-019-ASEA-2024 regulates the design, construction, pre-startup, operation, and maintenance of natural gas processing facilities. ...more

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DOE Urges FERC to Rescind Draft Policy Update on New Interstate Natural Gas Facilities

On August 29, 2025, the US secretary of energy proposed a significant regulatory shift regarding the certification process for new interstate natural gas facilities. In a letter submitted to FERC, the secretary recommended...more

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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Grant Program/Pipeline Safety: Arkansas Awarded $729,929

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) issued a news release announcing $86 million in grants to: …enhance states’ pipeline safety programs. PHMSA states that the grants will help its “state...more

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The Legislative Update: Oil, Gas, and Energy Law

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The 89th legislative session was a busy one for the Texas oil, gas, and energy industry. This article summarizes several, although not all, of the bills affecting the industry that were passed during the 89th Texas...more

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New technical standard for Natural Gas Pipelines: NOM-020-ASEA-2024 officially published

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New Standard: The newly issued NOM-020-ASEA-2024 regulates the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of onshore natural gas and ethane transportation pipelines. ...more

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Renewable Energy Update 8.29.25

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued new battery energy storage system (BESS) safety guidelines on August 18. The guidance aims to provide communities and first responders with best practices for safe BESS...more

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Sierra Club v. FERC: An Application of Seven County Deference

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The D.C. Circuit issued its first precedential opinion interpreting the recent Supreme Court decision Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, 145 S. Ct. 1497 (2025)....more

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Section 401/Clean Water Act: Energy Marketers of America (formerly PAA) EPA Requests for Comments Addressing Implementation

The trade association Energy Marketers of America (“EMA”) (formerly, Petroleum Association of America) submitted August 6 comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressing: Establishment of...more

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When Force Majeure Isn't Enough: The Causation Trap That Cost Kinder Morgan $100 Million

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In case you somehow forgot, the 2021 Valentines Day storm coined “Snovid,” “Snowmageddon,” or officially labeled Winter Storm Uri, blanketed Texas in snow and ice, even bringing snowfall to Galveston Beach. As temperatures...more

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Impact of Federal Legislation on the Useful Life and Value of Energy Assets

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Domestic energy production was a subject of much attention in the recently passed federal legislation. That legislation eliminated significant future tax incentives for new construction of large-scale wind and solar projects....more

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FERC Temporarily Raises Cost Limits for Blanket Certificate Pipeline Projects to $61.65 Million

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On June 18, 2025, FERC temporarily raised the cost limits for blanket certificate natural gas pipeline projects constructed and placed into service by May 31, 2027, from $41 million to $61.65 million. Citing what it called a...more

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FERC Acts Under Its Emergency Waiver Authorities to Ease Regulatory Burdens on Natural Gas Infrastructure Projects While...

On June 18, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) took four actions to ease regulatory burdens for constructing interstate pipeline and liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities authorized under the Natural Gas...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Ontario Releases Energy for Generations, the Province’s Inaugural Integrated Energy Plan

On June 12, 2025, Ontario released Energy for Generations, its inaugural integrated energy plan that aims to establish a coordinated energy (electricity and natural gas) strategy to ensure access to affordable, secure,...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Ohio Passes Bill to Encourage Energy Infrastructure Development

Ohio Governor DeWine recently signed Substitute House Bill 15 (HB 15) which will take effect on August 14, 2025. HB 15 contains many provisions intended to encourage the development of Ohio electric generation facilities and...more

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Redrawing the Map – Energy Provisions in Proposed Budget Bill Seek to Shift the Future of Federal Infrastructure Policy

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On May 22, 2025, the House passed budget reconciliation legislation referred to as “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill” (the “Bill”). As currently written, the Bill would reshape key aspects of federal energy policy by targeting...more

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FERC Denies NGO Transmission, Inc.’s Application to Abandon Jurisdictional Facilities

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On April 24, 2025, FERC denied NGO Transmission, Inc.’s (“NGO Transmission”) application under 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (“NGA”) to abandon its jurisdictional facilities and reclassify them from jurisdictional transmission...more

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Rural Illinois Data Center Boom: Landowners, Are You Ready?

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Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is coming and it is coming fast. It is poised to transform industries, automate complex tasks, analyze data faster, and supposedly make smarter decisions for businesses. Rural AmericaIn...more

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D.C. Circuit Decision Underscores Jurisdictional Limits of FERC Project Reviews Under NEPA

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On January 7, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a decision—Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 125 F.4th 229 (2025) ("Citizens Action")—affirming...more

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Eminent Domain Update: Fourth Circuit Upholds Landowner’s Right To Testify on Property Value and Splits With First Circuit on...

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently announced two important rules in two eminent domain opinions. Both cases involved pipeline access easements that the condemnor properly took under the Natural Gas Act....more

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Winter Storm Uri and Force Majeure: The Legal Battles Continue

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Winter Storm Uri sent shockwaves through Texas, freezing gas supplies at a time of critical need and plunging the state into widespread power outages. In the aftermath, the courts have been flooded with force majeure claims,...more

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Department of Energy Continues to Issue Orders that Support Liquefied Natural Gas Exports with Extension Authorization to Golden...

On March 5, 2025, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) approved Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC’s (GPLNG) request to extend a deadline to begin exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its terminal facility currently...more

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Trump Administration Issues Executive Orders Impacting the Energy Industry

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Executive Order: Establishing the National Energy Dominance Council - President Donald J. Trump on February 14, 2025, signed an Executive Order (EO) to establish the National Energy Dominance Council (Council). Secretary...more

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Pennsylvania Court Concludes that Certain Sunoco Entities Did Not Have Eminent Domain Authority in Washington County for Mariner...

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In a February 7, 2025 decision in Simon v. Sunoco Pipeline LP, No. 2015-3302 (Wash. Cty. February 7, 2025), the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County, Pennsylvania concluded that Sunoco Pipeline LP and Sunoco Logistics...more

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Texas BACT Is a Fact: The Texas Supreme Court Unpacks the Texas Clean Air Act’s BACT Definition

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Port Arthur Community Action Network (PACAN) v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality et al. (Tex. Feb. 14, 2025) presented the Texas Supreme Court with a unique opportunity to provide defined guideposts to understand...more

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