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Venable LLP

Reconciliation Bill Would Create New FERC Siting Regime for Petroleum, Hydrogen, and Carbon Dioxide Pipelines

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On May 11, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce released its proposed energy provisions for inclusion in the budget reconciliation package, including several provisions that could dramatically reform the federal...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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Newly Proposed PHMSA Rulemaking Targets Natural Gas Distribution Systems

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On August 24, 2023, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) aimed at enhancing safety requirements for gas distribution pipelines. The changes...more

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Hydrogen: Near Term Challenges & Long Term Opportunities

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Congress and the Biden Administration recognize hydrogen’s potential to address the clean energy imperative. This past year, The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act appropriated $8B of spending to build out clean hydrogen...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Federal Hydrogen Regulation In The United States: Where We Are And Where We Might Be Going

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Hydrogen has over the last century enjoyed repeated bouts of interest as a fuel source. Though these have repeatedly fallen flat, hydrogen-based production has recently enjoyed a renaissance, due to a trifecta of improving...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

PHMSA Issues Gas Pipeline Regulatory Reform Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

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On June 9, 2020, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) to revise the Federal Pipeline Safety Regulations (“Regulations”) to reduce regulatory...more

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Trump Administration's Proposed Prosecution of Pipeline Opponents: Weighing Human Rights Obligations and Congressional Support

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The Trump Administration is using the reauthorization of a pipeline safety statute as an opening to insert new provisions that would give U.S. authorities broader latitude to thwart and criminalize the activities of...more

Holland & Knight LLP

FERC and PHMSA Sign MOU for LNG Projects

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As previously reported, on Aug. 31, 2018, Kevin J. McIntyre, Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and Howard "Skip" Elliott, Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration...more

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Activists Make Good on Promise to Sue DOT over Pipeline Regs.

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On October 8, the National Wildlife Federation (“NWF”) fulfilled its promise to sue the U.S. Department of Transportation (“DOT”). The lawsuit alleges that for 20 years the DOT has allowed pipelines to operate illegally by...more

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Pipeline Operators Take Heed – Threatened Enviro Lawsuit May Lead to Greater Regulatory Requirements

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On July 28, 2015, the National Wildlife Federation (“NWF”) filed an intent to sue notice against the Department of Transportation (“DOT”), arguing the DOT has not properly approved pipeline projects for more than 20 years. ...more

King & Spalding

Energy Newsletter - March 2015

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In This Issue: - Opportunities in Distressed Markets: Insights into the Acquisition and Divestiture Process - A Project Owner's Primer On Delay In Start-Up Insurance - UKCS: Maximising Economic Recovery...more

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