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Dozens of groups and individuals filed rehearings requests this week challenging FERC’s certificate orders approving the Atlantic Coast (ACP) and Mountain Valley (MVP) pipelines.

Pipeline opposition groups continue to cite FERC’s lack of a quorum in procedural arguments as they seek to stall recently certificated natural gas pipelines from proceeding to construction.

A federal judge in Wyoming has given the U.S. government more time to present its case explaining how the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) developed a rule for governing hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on public and tribal lands.

After more than a year of contending with regulators and a small group of landowners to secure more than 3,000 acres for four horizontal drilling units in western Pennsylvania, Hilcorp Energy Co. has dropped its bid for a rare forced pooling order with the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has once again rescheduled two public hearings for September regarding Hilcorp Energy Co.’s request for a forced pooling order in Western Pennsylvania, in which nearby property owners and drillers will be allowed to provide testimony.

For the second time in less than two months, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has postponed indefinitely a set of public hearings regarding Hilcorp Energy Co.’s request for a forced pooling order in Western Pennsylvania. Three property owners filed suit earlier this month to stop the company.

In a filing earlier this month, the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) asked FERC to deny a request by independent power generators for relief from spiked winter gas prices that they had requested two days before (see Daily GPI, March 7).

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has made a long-awaited decision to hold a special two-day hearing in Lawrence County later this month to gather input from stakeholders about whether Hilcorp Energy Co. should be allowed to create a forced pool drilling unit that would require landowners to share royalties.

FERC has approved a request from Spectra Energy unit Algonquin Gas Transmissions to begin a pre-filing review process for the company’s proposed Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) Project, a significant step forward for the long-awaited pipeline, which would deliver to the Northeast critically needed gas from Pennsylvania.