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On May 22, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (“Fifth Circuit”) addressed a dispute between ANR Pipeline Company (“ANR”) and FERC. The case centered on the interpretation of ANR’s tariff and whether it...more
On May 23, 2025, FERC upheld on rehearing its prior orders authorizing Venture Global CP2 LNG, LLC to build a new liquified natural gas (“LNG”) export terminal (“CP2 LNG Terminal”) and granting Venture Global CP Express, LLC...more
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
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
On April 25, 2025, FERC approved two uncontested stipulation and agreements that propose to settle the Natural Gas Act (“NGA”) section 4 general rate cases filed on May 30, 2024, by two interconnected pipelines, Algonquin Gas...more
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
Summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's monthly open meeting to be held on April 17, 2025, pursuant to the sunshine notice released on April 10, 2025. In this issue… -Electric Items ...more
On March 28, 2025, the D.C. Circuit denied a joint petition for review brought by Healthy Gulf and Sierra Club (together, “Petitioners”) challenging FERC’s grant of a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) to...more
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
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
On December 20, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) upheld FERC’s order authorizing Stingray Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (“Stingray”) to abandon a portion of its...more
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
Summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's monthly open meeting to be held on December 19, 2024, pursuant to the sunshine notice released on December 12, 2024....more
In a series of recent orders, the D.C. Circuit has renewed its prodding of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("Commission" or "FERC") to strengthen its environmental reviews of proposed pipeline projects. On July 30,...more
On November 27, 2024, in Venture Global, CP2 LNG, LLC,1 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC or Commission) explicitly overruled precedent set in Northern Natural Gas Co., a 2021 decision in which FERC made an...more
The summaries below are based on publicly available information in the dockets listed on the FERC agenda at the time of publication. For ease of reference, a link to each lead docket on the meeting agenda has been included....more
Summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's monthly open meeting to be held on November 21, 2024, pursuant to the sunshine notice released on November 14, 2024....more
When he assumes office again on January 20, 2025, newly reelected President Donald J. Trump can make one move regarding energy that not only will facilitate the increased availability of domestic oil and gas production but...more
On October 17, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) issued a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Supplemental NOPR”) that proposes a reduction to the currently effective index...more
Summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's monthly open meeting to be held on October 17, 2024, pursuant to the sunshine notice released on October 10, 2024. In this issue… -Electric...more
The summaries below are based on publicly available information in the dockets listed on the FERC agenda at the time of publication. For ease of reference, a link to each lead docket on the meeting agenda has been...more
Summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's monthly open meeting to be held on September 19, 2024, pursuant to the sunshine notice released on September 12, 2024. ...more
Late last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, in New Jersey Conversation Foundation, et al. v. FERC, unanimously vacated the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) approval of the...more
Interstate oil, liquid and refined products pipelines regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will soon be able to raise their transportation rates (provided they were set using FERC’s popular Index rate...more