The fight to suspend authorization for the Rio Grande and Texas LNG export projects on the Gulf Coast is expected to continue in federal court after FERC’s decision late last month to deny requests for rehearings.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission reapproved the two Texas liquefied natural gas projects and the Rio Bravo pipeline earlier in the year after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered the Commission to review its authorizations for the South Texas projects. 

Late last month, Commissioners voted three to one in favor of denying requests from the Sierra Club and several other environmental groups for rehearings on the projects [Docket Nos. CP16-454-006; CP16-455-003; CP20-481-001].

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