Remands

Acting on remands from two separate appellate courts, FERC Thursday upheld a prior order declaring part of Transcontinental Gas Pipeline’s (Transco) pipeline network located onshore and offshore Louisiana to be transmission in nature and thus subject to agency jurisdiction, but it reversed itself on Jupiter Energy Corp. and found its small pipeline offshore Louisiana to be exempt gathering.

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, on Friday sent back to FERC for further explanation a case in which Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co. LP claimed that it was not responsible for payment of refunds for Kansas ad valorem taxes due to an indemnity clause in take-or-pay settlement agreements with Northern Natural Gas and Panhandle Eastern Pipeline.

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, on Friday sent back to FERC for further explanation a case in which Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co. LP claimed that it was not responsible for payment of refunds for Kansas ad valorem taxes due to an indemnity clause in take-or-pay settlement agreements with Northern Natural Gas and Panhandle Eastern Pipeline.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit told a lower court late last month to take another look at whether ProLiance Energy wields overwhelming market power in the Indiana gas market, a charge that was dismissed in 2000. ProLiance has been in and out of court over the past six years on similar charges.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit told a lower court last week to take another look at whether ProLiance Energy wields overwhelming market power in the Indiana gas market, a charge that was dismissed in 2000. ProLiance has been in and out of court over the past six years over similar charges.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last weekreversed and remanded a FERC order rejecting Transcontinental GasPipe Line’s bid to levy two-part, “firm-to-the-wellhead” (FTW)rates on certain production-area customers served by the line.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last weekreversed and remanded a FERC order rejecting Transcontinental GasPipe Line Corp’s bid to levy two-part, “firm-to-the-wellhead” (FTW)rates on certain production-area customers served by the line.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has remanded a PanhandleEastern Pipe Line decision that it says clearly departed fromFERC’s established policy on pipeline connections without providingany justification for the action.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals last week remanded orders in aPanhandle Eastern Pipe Line case that it says marked a cleardeparture from FERC’s established policy on pipeline interconnectswithout providing any justification for the action.