PIOGA Petitions PUC to Reconsider Regulating Some Gathering Pipes

Yesterday MDN brought you the news that the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) held a hearing in December to explain new regulations coming from the PUC, based on directives from the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), to begin regulating previously unregulated natural gas gathering pipelines (see PA PUC Explains Federal Power Grab in Regulating Gathering Pipes). What we didn't know yesterday (but do today) is that the Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association (PIOGA) had filed a petition with the PUC in early December asking the PUC to reconsider its claim that it needs to regulate the smallest gathering pipes.

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