FERC Backs Industry Petition Urging D.C. Circuit To Reverse LNG Vacatur

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is siding with industry and asking the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to reverse a three-judge panel’s vacatur of its approval of a liquified natural gas (LNG) project the panel said was warranted due to the “severity” of the flaws in FERC’s environmental review, particularly on environmental justice (EJ) grounds. FERC revealed its position for the first time in a Dec. 9 brief in City of Port Isabel,...