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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Office of Enforcement (OE) recently issued its Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report on Enforcement. As in previous years, the Enforcement Report discusses the activities performed...more
We have recently seen an increase in audits by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“FERC”) Office of Enforcement (“OE”) that take issue with the way electric utilities and interstate natural gas pipelines allocate...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Escambia Operating Co., LLC (“EOC”) entered into a September 6th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. The CO provides that...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) Solutia, Inc. (“SI”) entered into a July 12th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of an air permit. See Consent Order No. 23-XXX-CAP. The CO...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Paragould Light Water & Cable (“Paragould”) entered into an April 11th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board issued a May 5th Technical Secretary Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Proposed Order”) to BAE Systems Ordinance Systems, Inc. (“BAE”) for an alleged violation of an air permit....more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, LLC (“NGPL”) entered into a March 1st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP (“Gulf South”) entered into a Settlement to address alleged air permit violations. See Settlement Tracking No. SA-AE-21-0032....more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Flying Pig Pipeline, L.P. – Hot Link Compressor Station (“Flying Pig”) entered into an October 4th Consent Administrative Order...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and DeSoto Gathering Company, LLC (“DeSoto”), entered into an October 5th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
Enforcement Focus on 60-Day Notification Requirement - The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has stepped up enforcement efforts concerning pipeline and LNG terminal construction....more
The world-wide energy trading sector, where traders match physical supply and demand of energy by purchasing, reselling, and moving commodities (crude oil and refined products, natural gas, coal, and even electricity) across...more
The outcome of the Brian Hunter v. FERC case, which was argued today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, will help determine the scope of FERC's authority over the gas markets and the scope of FERC's...more