The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the commission) took numerous actions on April 2, 2020, to ease regulatory burdens across the electricity, natural gas, and oil pipeline industries in response to the COVID-19...more
An importer of natural gas from Canada filed suit on February 23, 2018, alleging that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) unlawfully denied preferential treatment for its imports under the North American Free Trade...more
3/8/2018
/ Acquisitions ,
Canada ,
Cross-Border ,
De Minimis Claims ,
Importers ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
NAFTA ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pipelines ,
Terms and Conditions
In an order issued Monday, January 8, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission unanimously terminated the rulemaking proceeding it previously initiated in response to a directive issued last fall by U.S. Department of...more
1/12/2018
/ Coal Industry ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
ISOs ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
Power Grid ,
Power Plants ,
Proposed Rules ,
RTO ,
Rulemaking Process
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last week vacated and remanded a 2016 Order by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that had authorized construction and operation of the Southeast Market Pipelines...more
8/30/2017
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Agency Deference ,
Appeals ,
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity ,
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) ,
FERC ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Natural Gas ,
NEPA ,
Oil & Gas ,
Permits ,
Pipelines ,
Power Plants ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Sierra Club ,
Standard of Review
President Donald Trump recently signed Executive Order 13783, an omnibus executive order aimed at reducing burdens on further development of domestic energy resources, with “particular attention” to oil, natural gas, coal and...more
4/6/2017
/ Bureau of Land Management ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Coal ,
Energy Policy ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Fracking ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Natural Gas ,
Natural Resources ,
NEPA ,
Nuclear Power ,
Oil & Gas ,
Petition for Review ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Rescission ,
Stays ,
Trump Administration
On June 24, 2014, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the Department of Commerce issued two advisory opinions (AOs) allowing for the export from the United States of what was reported to be “unrefined” oil. The...more