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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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Transco’s REAE Project: FERC Reinstates Certificate, Ensuring Continued Operation

On January 24, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an order on remand (the Order) reinstating a certificate of public convenience and necessity for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Early Assessment of the Effect of President Trump’s New Executive Orders on FERC Infrastructure Projects

On January 20, 2025, and throughout his first week in office, President Trump signed a series of executive orders (EOs) outlining his priorities for the domestic energy industry and setting forth policy preferences that...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

D.C. Circuit Court Again Addresses NEPA’s Scope

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On January 7, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, in Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana v. FERC, rejected a National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) and Natural Gas Act (NGA) challenge to FERC’s...more

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Federal Court Denies Attempt to Enjoin Appeal Before Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board

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On June 5, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania denied Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Co. LLC’s (Transco) attempt to enjoin an administrative appeal proceeding before the Pennsylvania...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

FERC Accepts Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s New PowerServe Rate Schedule and Authorizes Capacity Lease Agreement with Kinder Morgan

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On September 29, 2023, FERC approved Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.’s (“TGP”) proposal to lease intrastate capacity from Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline LLC (“Kinder Morgan”) to offer a new hourly transportation...more

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DC Circuit Upholds FERC Orders on Weymouth Compressor Station

In Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station v. FERC, decided on July 21, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ended long-running litigation over the Federal Energy Regulatory...more

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FERC Addresses Social Cost of Carbon and Environmental Justice Analysis on Remand

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On remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”), FERC reaffirmed that Rio Grande LNG, LLC’s proposed liquified natural gas (“LNG”) terminal project (“Rio Grande LNG...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Ninth Circuit Reverses City of Berkeley Ban on New Natural Gas Hookups in Buildings

On Monday, April 17, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) decided California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley, which ruled that the Energy Policy and Conservation Act...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Five Ratemaking Takeaways from FERC’s Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LP Order

On December 16, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LP, its first opinion and order on an initial decision in a Natural Gas Act (NGA) section 4 general rate case...more

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FERC Authorizes Commonwealth LNG Export Facility

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On November 17, 2022, FERC approved an application authorizing Commonwealth LNG, LLC (“Commonwealth”) to site, construct, and operate a liquified natural gas (“LNG”) export terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The LNG...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Senator Manchin's Permitting Reform Bill Could End Debate Over Who Regulates Hydrogen Pipelines

Buried toward the end of the 91-page bill unveiled by Senator Manchin on September 21, 2022, is a small but significant provision amending the Natural Gas Act's (NGA) definition of natural gas to include "hydrogen mixed or...more

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes

Senator Manchin Proposes to Streamline Energy Infrastructure Permitting and Give FERC Jurisdiction Over Hydrogen

Following weeks of anticipation, US Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the text of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2022, his permitting reform legislation, on September 21, 2022. As part of an agreement to win...more

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FERC Proposes Changes to Filing and Reporting Requirements for NGA Section 4 Rate Cases

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On May 19, 2022, FERC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) to establish a rule that would require natural gas pipelines to submit all supporting statements, schedules, and workpapers in native format, with all links...more

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FERC’s New Infrastructure and Environmental Impacts Priority – What to Expect in Enforcement Cases

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Office of Enforcement (OE) has historically focused on four “priorities,” as described in its annual Report on Enforcement. Those four priorities included (1) fraud and market...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FERC Defers Changes to Gas Project Approval Process

Just one month after issuing two policy statements expected to seriously impact the processing of applications for gas infrastructure projects, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has made a midcourse correction...more

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FERC Backtracks on Pipeline Approval Policy Changes

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a brief order on March 24, 2022, backtracking on the historic – and divisive – changes it had announced several weeks ago to its natural gas pipeline certification...more

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FERC Issues New Policy for Natural Gas Project Certifications, for the First Time Formalizes Consideration of Environmental...

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Updated March 28, 2022 - As we previously reported, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in February issued two new policy statements likely to have far-reaching implications for the agency’s approval of...more

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FERC Issues New Policy for Natural Gas Project Certifications, for the First Time Formalizes Consideration of Environmental...

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At its February meeting, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) released a long-awaited Updated Policy Statement on Certification of New Interstate Natural Gas Facilities (Updated Policy Statement),...more

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FERC Issues Landmark Changes to Pipeline Approval Process

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On February 17th, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) issued updates to its policies by which it determines whether to approve or deny an application to construct interstate natural gas...more

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FERC Issues Two New Policy Statements Regarding Natural Gas Infrastructure Construction

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On February 18, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued two important policy statements by a 3-2 vote related to the construction of natural gas facilities....more

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FERC Changes Pipeline Approval Policies to Reflect Climate Change Concerns

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has made historic changes to its policies for approving the construction of natural gas pipeline facilities. These changes, which came in the form of two policy statements...more

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Summary of FERC Meeting Agenda for January 2022

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Below are summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's January 20, 2022 open meeting, pursuant to the sunshine notice released on January 13, 2022....more

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes

FERC Issues Show Cause Orders to Two Natural Gas Pipelines

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued show cause orders to two natural pipelines—Rover Pipeline and Midship Pipeline Company—following its December 2021 open meeting, and sent a related dispute involving Midship for...more

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