How FERC Policies on Natural Gas Pipelines and LNG Facilities Will Affect Permitting

"In my own experience with projects for which we have acted as counsel or which would serve clients we represent, the time required to obtain FERC approval has more than doubled over the past four to five years, and the cost of prosecuting a pipeline certificate application to the issuance of a FERC order has increased commensurately," says James "Jim" Bowe, a partner in King & Spalding's Washington, D.C., office.

April 01, 2022 at 07:07 PM

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Analysis

Kenneth Artz

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued two new policy statements in February regarding the approval process for natural gas pipelines and liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities that will take greenhouse gas emissions and environmental justice impacts into consideration in determining whether the infrastructure projects are in the public interest.