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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…

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…

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear PennEast Pipeline Co. LLC’s case against New Jersey, which has stopped the natural gas project from condemning state-owned land.  The high court on Wednesday granted PennEast’s petition in a win for the project, which has been under development for more than five years. The pipeline is one…

The Solicitor General has filed an amicus brief supporting the PennEast Pipeline’s petition for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its case against New Jersey’s efforts to stop the project from condemning state-owned land.  Acting Solicitor General Jeffrey B. Wall said the certificate of public convenience and necessity issued to PennEast by FERC “expressly” allows…

The beleaguered PennEast Pipeline got a lift on Thursday from FERC, which granted a petition for declaratory order by finding the project may condemn state-owned land as a certificate holder with the power of eminent domain.

The beleaguered PennEast Pipeline got a lift on Thursday from FERC, which granted a petition for declaratory order by finding the project may condemn state-owned land as a certificate holder with the power of eminent domain.

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.

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.

Project sponsors have asked FERC for another two years to finish constructing the PennEast Pipeline, which has struggled to obtain regulatory approvals and permits.