Maryland

After a nearly three-year battle with the state of Maryland, TC Energy, formerly TransCanada Corp., is taking the legal route to gain access to a small stretch of land it said it needs to complete a pipeline project that would deliver natural gas to West Virginia’s eastern panhandle.

The Maryland Board of Public Works, a three-member panel that includes Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, defied state regulators and unanimously rejected awarding an easement for Columbia Gas Transmission LLC’s Eastern Panhandle Expansion Project.

Maryland and Florida are moving forward with efforts designed to hamper the Trump administration’s plans to expand oil and natural gas drilling in the offshore.

The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) has issued a wetlands and waterways permit for Columbia Gas Transmission LLC’s Eastern Panhandle Expansion Project, the latest in a recent spate of regulatory hurdles cleared by the TransCanada Corp. subsidiary.

FERC on Wednesday issued a certificate approving Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co.’s 2017 Expansion Project to upgrade its system in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Republican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan this week signed the state’s proposed hydraulic fracturing (fracking) ban into law, a move that was expected after he reversed his position to come out against the practice in a pronouncement last month.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, in a policy announcement late Friday, called for a statewide ban on hydraulic fracturing (fracking), clearing the way for pending legislation outlawing the practice to become law.

A state ban on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is gaining momentum in the Maryland General Assembly.

PSEG Power has bought the 755 MW Keys Energy Center project from Genesis Power LLC and plans to begin construction of the natural gas-fired combined-cycle plant this year, the PSEG subsidiary said Wednesday.