by Nelson Bailey | Oct 15, 2017 | Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
WAYNESBORO — Friday’s approval of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission generated predictable reactions from both those for and against the pipeline. FERC voted 2-1 to green light the 600-mile natural gas conduit, 55 miles of...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 8, 2017 | Eminant Domain, Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
Legal Journalist for The Trial Lawyer Magazine, talks with Mike about how Virginia property owners are going to court, saying the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is overstepping its bounds in allowing a private company to seize their land to build a for-profit...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 22, 2017 | Regulatory Permit Process
Legal experts predict New York environmental regulators will appeal decision. Federal energy regulators undercut a New York environmental agency Friday, allowing a pipeline company to go forward with a project the state had previously blocked. The Federal Energy...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 21, 2017 | Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission renewed its monthly meetings Wednesday, with commissioners applauding efforts that kept the agency moving through its workload during the unprecedented six-month lapse of a quorum and acknowledging the still-hefty backlog of...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 13, 2017 | Endangered Species, Regulatory Permit Process
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia environmental regulators say they are rescinding approval for building the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which would carry natural gas down the center of West Virginia for 195 miles. In a letter Thursday, the Department of...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 12, 2017 | Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
Firms leading the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) project have asked the members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) — the body that could give the project the green light — to “issue an order approving the ACP certificate in September so that...
