In the first revisions to natural gas policy in more than two decades, FERC on Thursday issued policy statements to guide how future natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure is approved, including an interim greenhouse gas (GHG) policy to ensure the “legal durability” of its decisions.

The policy statements provide an analytical framework “for many need, environmental and public interest issues that arise when companies seek to build new natural gas facilities,” the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission stated. 

The certificate policy statement and interim GHG policy statement  “are intended to improve the legal durability of the Commission’s natural gas certificate and LNG decisions following a series of court decisions raising concerns about the...