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Driven in part by liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, demand growth will outpace supply gains this summer, leading to higher prices year/year, FERC said in its 2022 outlook on summer energy markets. Compared with summer 2021 levels, total domestic dry natural gas production is expected to increase 3.4% this summer, while total consumption is projected…

FERC issued an “instant final rule” Tuesday that it said ensures construction of approved natural gas projects cannot proceed until the Commission acts on any requests for rehearings.

FERC on Thursday authorized the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) project after weeks of delay, leaving sponsors to untangle remaining state-level roadblocks in Oregon.

FERC’s use of tolling orders, which can indefinitely postpone regulatory action on some projects, should be reviewed by Congress, according to Commissioner Richard Glick.

FERC’s use of tolling orders, which can indefinitely postpone regulatory action on some projects, should be reviewed by Congress, according to Commissioner Richard Glick.

Four natural gas pipeline projects were approved by FERC Thursday, but Commissioners continued their struggle to find common ground on their role in determining each project’s potential effects on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.

In split votes on Thursday FERC approved a project proposed by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC (Transco) to open up more capacity to meet rising natural gas demand in the Southeast and a Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC (NGPL) request to build a gas pipeline in the Permian Basin of West Texas that would connect directly to the Waha hub.

FERC has issued a certificate to Sendero Carlsbad Gateway LLC’s 400 MMcf/d natural gas pipeline to transport Permian Basin supply across the New Mexico/Texas border.

FERC has conditionally authorized a request from Empire Pipeline Inc. for its Empire North project, which would provide an additional 205,000 Dth/d of incremental firm interstate natural gas transportation service to local gas distribution markets and market centers in the northeastern United States and Canada.