Intrastates

After FERC Thursday rebuffed challenges to its rule asserting authority over major noninterstate pipelines (intrastates) for the first time, an attorney for a major intrastate pipeline group said the case was likely headed to appellate court.

Three natural gas pipeline affiliates — a small interstate and two intrastates — have asked FERC for approval to combine their facilities to form one new interstate system to better serve the Missouri and Illinois gas markets.