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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

FERC orders natural gas pipelines to address federal income tax changes

On July 18, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued orders (i) adopting procedures to implement the federal corporate income tax rate reduction in natural gas pipeline rates, and (ii) providing guidance...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FERC Abandons Tax Allowance in MLP Pipeline Rate Setting and Signals Changes Due to Tax Act Rate Drop

On Thursday, March 15, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) issued a series of orders and notices to address changing the treatment of income tax costs in rate setting for oil and natural...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

FERC eliminates tax allowances for MLP pipelines, proposes tax-related rate reviews

On March 15, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued important orders regarding two significant tax-related rate matters affecting interstate oil and natural gas pipelines. The action eliminated tax...more

King & Spalding

FERC Comes Under Pressure to Reduce Pipeline and Other Regulated Rates to Reflect Changes in the Corporate Income Tax Rate

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Late last year, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which the President signed into law on December 22, 2017. A central feature of the Act is the reduction of the maximum corporate income tax rate from 35% to...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Industry Petition Pushes FERC to Require Gas Pipelines and Storage Companies to Immediately Reflect Lower Tax Rates in Shipper...

In light of reduced corporate tax rates as the result of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (Tax Act), a broad coalition of gas industry trade associations and gas producers recently filed a petition with the Federal Energy...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FERC and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 – Natural Gas Pipelines

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Staff has initiated inquiries involving numerous interstate natural gas pipelines, seeking information on the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (Tax Act) on those...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FERC Faces Complications in Adjusting Gas Pipeline Rates to Reflect Lower Federal Corporate Tax Rates

One of the major recent changes made to the federal tax code as the result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was the reduction in corporate income tax from 35 percent to 21 percent. As soon as the corporate tax cuts took effect at...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

2018 Tax Law to Reduce Pipeline Expansion Recourse Rates

FERC staff has asked gas pipelines with pending expansion applications how 2018 tax law changes will impact their proposed project’s cost of service and the project’s proposed incremental rates. FERC has imposed a quick,...more

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