New Jersey Conservation Foundation, et al v. FERC

  1. November 04, 2024

    FERC, NJ Conservation Orgs Battle Over Pipeline Rehearing

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is clashing with a host of conservation groups and the New Jersey Division of the Rate Counsel over whether the D.C. Circuit should reconsider a panel decision that vacated the agency's approval for a natural gas pipeline expansion on the East Coast.

  2. September 25, 2024

    Transco Backers Urge DC Circ. To Revisit Pipeline Ruling

    Natural gas and pipeline entities are firing back at a D.C. Circuit ruling that scrapped Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approvals for a five-state pipeline expansion project being pursued by the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., with one rival company saying the court's flawed decision sent "shockwaves through the industry."

  3. July 30, 2024

    DC Circ. Tosses FERC's OK Of Northeast Pipeline Expansion

    The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday threw out the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of a Northeast pipeline expansion, ruling that the agency overlooked the project's "enormous" greenhouse gas emissions and failed to properly consider the lack of market need for the added natural gas capacity.

  4. March 15, 2024

    DC Circ. Presses FERC On Justification For Pipeline Expansion

    A D.C. Circuit panel on Friday questioned whether the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission had demonstrated that a Northeast pipeline expansion project was necessary to ensure that the region would have enough natural gas during extremely cold weather.

  5. January 01, 2024

    DC Circuit Cases To Watch In 2024

    As the D.C. Circuit heads into 2024, its judges are poised to answer hotly anticipated political questions about former President Donald Trump and his allies, as well as a number of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission cases that could determine the future of certain natural gas projects.

  6. November 15, 2023

    FERC Rammed Through Unneeded Gas Project, DC Circ. Told

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission put its thumb on the scale in approving a Northeast pipeline expansion project despite clear evidence that the project wasn't needed, project challengers told the D.C. Circuit.

  7. October 24, 2023

    Transco Defends FERC's Approval Of Pipeline Expansion

    Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC fired back Tuesday at conservation groups' challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of its gas pipeline expansion project, telling the D.C. Circuit that the agency properly evaluated and balanced the project's potential climate change impacts and market need.

  8. August 10, 2023

    States Say OK Of Pa.-NJ Pipeline Work Undermines State Law

    New York, New Jersey and six other states threw their support behind conservation groups in urging the District of Columbia Circuit to unravel a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission decision allowing for a gas pipeline expansion project to go ahead in the Northeast, saying it threatens their interest in protecting the environment.

  9. March 29, 2023

    FERC Says Block Of Pa.-NJ Pipeline Work Is Unjustified

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said a bid to block construction of a gas pipeline expansion project in Pennsylvania and New Jersey simply amounts to a disagreement over evidence the agency used to approve the project, but opponents insisted Wednesday that their emergency stay request is warranted.

  10. March 22, 2023

    Enviros Press DC Circ. To Block NJ Pipeline Project Work

    Conservation groups and a landowner on Tuesday urged the D.C. Circuit to block construction of a gas pipeline expansion project in Pennsylvania and New Jersey while they challenge the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of the project, arguing that work is already causing irreversible damage.