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FERC Proposes Reforms to Speed-Up Approval of Interstate Transmission Infrastructure

Law Columbia

Representative Casten said he would choose FERC because it already has exclusive authority to approve new interstate natural gas pipelines. 689 was struck down in 2009 in Piedmont Environmental Council v. ideally FERC, single source permitting authorityā€¯ over new interstate transmission lines. Among other things, Order No.

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