Developers appeal D.C. Circuit vacatur of FERC LNG approval

Developers seeking to build a liquified natural gas (LNG) export project are asking the full D.C. Circuit to reverse a three-judge panel’s vacatur of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) approval of the project, warning that the decision would spur dire economic harm in the energy sector if allowed to stand. In separate Oct. 21 petitions, Rio Bravo Pipeline Co. and Rio Grande LNG urged the court to grant panel rehearing or rehearing en banc to overturn the precedent-setting...