Natural Gas Act

As congressional pushback against the Biden administration’s pause of LNG export permits heats up, EQT Corp. CEO Toby Rice said U.S. producers and exporters already have work ahead to abate the potential damage to project development. Rice joined a panel of witnesses Tuesday during a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing. It was one of…

Legislation aimed at clearing a path for LNG export projects by restraining Department of Energy (DOE) oversight is under fire from the Biden administration after committee discussions Monday. House Bill 1130, authored by Ohio Republican Rep. Bill Johnson, would amend the Natural Gas Act (NGA) requirement that U.S. liquefied natural gas projects be determined as…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ordered FERC to recalculate a $20.16 million fine levied against BP plc for allegedly manipulating the Texas natural gas market in 2008. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission wrongly attempted to expand its Natural Gas Act jurisdiction to cover intrastate gas trading, the circuit court said. …

In the first revisions to natural gas policy in more than two decades, FERC on Thursday issued policy statements to guide how future natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure is approved, including an interim greenhouse gas (GHG) policy to ensure the “legal durability” of its decisions. The policy statements provide an analytical framework…

The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared a key roadblock from PennEast Pipeline Co.’s path toward finishing construction of a major natural gas pipeline in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The high court on Tuesday ruled that the PennEast joint venture may use federal eminent domain power to condemn and acquire 42 parcels in New Jersey to…