While claiming FERC doesn’t want pipeline companies to have topay “ransom” to landowners, Commission Chairman James Hoecker saidpipelines must do a better job of hammering out early, innovativedeals with property owners affected by their projects.
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Landowner Deals Crucial for Speedy Certification
While stressing FERC doesn’t want the pipeline companies to haveto pay “ransom” to landowners, Commission Chairman James Hoeckertold a meeting of the National Association of Regulatory UtilityCommissioners (NARUC) in San Francisco yesterday pipelines have todo a better job of hammering out early, innovative deals withproperty owners affected by their projects.
July 22, 1999