DC Circuit Sides with FERC Approval of 24-Mile Gas Pipe in Indiana

In June 2021, MDN told you about CenterPoint Energy, a power generator looking to shutter portions of its coal-fired generation fleet and build two natural gas combustion turbines in Indiana (see Will New 460 MW Gas-Fired Plant in Indiana Get Approved?). The two units would provide a combined 460 megawatts (MW) of electricity as a backup to CenterPoint’s wind, solar, and battery storage. Antis tried to strangle the project by challenging a 24-mile pipeline that would feed it (see Antis Attack Pipe Expansion to Feed NatGas to Indiana Power Plants). Finally, after nearly four years and multiple appeals, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision yesterday that sided with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in an appeal of the agency’s decision approving the pipeline. In other words, FERC was correct to approve it, and now (finally) the project can go forward.

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