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A request from PennEast Pipeline Co. LLC for an order interpreting the Natural Gas Act’s (NGA) eminent domain authority, which had been on the agenda for FERC’s open meeting in Washington, DC, Thursday, was postponed by the Commission until later this month.

The federal natural gas pipeline permitting process favors either the industry, or landowners and environmental groups, depending on who you listen to, but one thing both sides seem to agree on is that process hasn’t kept up with the changing energy landscape.

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide this week whether it will hear a case challenging the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) and the constitutionality of parts of the Natural Gas Act (NGA).

A judge in Northwest Ohio has ruled that Kinder Morgan Inc.’s (KMI) 215-mile Utica to Ontario Pipeline Access (Utopia) project is not a common carrier system that would benefit the public, denying the company the ability to use eminent domain for easements along the route.

Another Pennsylvania state court has weighed in on Sunoco Logistics Partners LP’s Mariner East pipeline projects, this time rejecting the company’s efforts to dismiss a lawsuit against it in a decision that’s likely to set the stage for a statewide ruling about whether the pipelines have eminent domain rights.

Another Pennsylvania court has handed Sunoco Logistics Partners LP a victory as it pushes forward with development of the Mariner East pipeline project to transport natural gas liquids (NGL).

Michigan's oil and natural gas operators may be reaping the benefits of tax breaks to expand energy infrastructure in the state under legislation now awaiting Gov. Rick Snyder's signature.

A bill that would amend current law and remove eminent domain authority for natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline projects will be debated by the Kentucky House following an overwhelming committee vote on Wednesday.

Preliminary legislation that would take away eminent domain power from natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline projects was approved Wednesday by a Kentucky House committee and is headed for debate on the floor.