The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (DC) Circuit on Tuesday rebuffed a request filed by Spire STL Pipeline LLC to reconsider an earlier decision that vacated the Midwest natural gas conduit’s FERC certificate.

The circuit court denied a petition for panel rehearing filed by Spire and its affiliate Spire Missouri Inc., ostensibly reaffirming the court’s view that FERC failed to properly examine the market need for the project in its 2018 certificate. 

The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the plaintiff in the case, expressed support for the latest court action.

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“The court has appropriately rejected the request to revisit its initial decision,” EDF lead...