
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision last July vacating (nullifying) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) approval of Transco’s Regional Energy Access Expansion (REAE) project to bring gas from Pennsylvania to New Jersey and Maryland (see
DC Circuit Libs Reverse FERC Approval of Transco Northeast Expansion). On Jan. 21 (last Tuesday), the D.C. court denied a petition from Transco to rehear its earlier decision to vacate the FERC permit, meaning those portions of Transco touched by REAE were due to go offline by tomorrow, Jan. 28. Good news. On Friday, FERC commissioners thumbed their collected noses at the court and
fully reinstated the vacated certificate for REAE, avoiding any downtime for the expanded pipe.
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