FERC has proposed that Energy Transfer Partners LP pay $20.2 million for allegedly misleading the Commission about its purchase and subsequent demolition of a historic property in Ohio that stood to slow the regulatory review of the Rover Pipeline.

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in an order handed down during its monthly meeting Thursday gave Energy Transfer and affiliate Rover Pipeline LLC 30 days to respond and “explain why they should not be assessed” the proposed civil penalty.

During the certification process for the 711-mile interstate natural gas pipeline, Rover “made misrepresentations and omitted material information concerning the status and intended treatment of a historic house in Dennison, OH, known as the Stoneman House,” staff with FERC’s...