William S. Scherman

Nov 1, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Andrew Beach |Suzanne Clevenger |William S. Scherman

At the October Open Meeting, FERC issued certificates for three projects designed to serve local distribution companies (“LDCs”), Texas Eastern Transmission, LP’s Appalachia to Market II Project1 and both WBI Energy Transmission Inc.’s Wahpeton Expansion Project2 and Gas Transmission Northwest LLC’s GTN Express Project,3 the two projects that were struck from the July agenda but not readded in September.

Oct 11, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Andrew Beach |Suzanne Clevenger |William S. Scherman

At the Open Meeting held on September 21, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) approved four of the six Natural Gas Act (“NGA”) certificate orders for interstate natural gas pipelines and liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) terminals that were abruptly struck from the agenda at the July Open Meeting.1 The four approvals from the September Open Meeting signal the re-solidification of the FERC’s framework for considering downstream greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions...

Jun 7, 2023 | lexology.com | Brandon Tuck |Ronald J. Tenpas |Jason G. Fleischer |William S. Scherman |Andrew G. Devore |Hannah Flesch

On June 3, 2023, President Biden signed into law the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (“the Act”), which includes modest changes to the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), among other things. The Act amends NEPA in measured ways to speed up environmental reviews for energy and other infrastructure projects. Below, we summarize the Act’s three most significant modifications to NEPA, and what it means for project proponents.

May 19, 2023 | climatechangedispatch.com | Thomas Richard |William S. Scherman

Imagine flipping a light switch and not knowing if the lights will come on. Normally unthinkable. But the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed power-plant rules would destabilize the energy grid, resulting in less-reliable electric service. The EPA’s aggressive standards require all coal-fired power plants to use a new and still-tricky technology called carbon capture and storage, or CCS, to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 90% by 2035, or begin co-firing with natural gas.

May 18, 2023 | wsj.com | William S. Scherman

Imagine flipping a light switch and not knowing if the lights will come on. Normally unthinkable. But the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed power-plant rules would destabilize the energy grid, resulting in less-reliable electric service.