The FERC pulled back on two policies adding new environmental hurdles to gas infrastructure projects following a torrent of complaints from the oil and gas industry and Republicans.
The agency redesignated its recent revised pipeline certificate policy statement and interim greenhouse gas emissions policy statement as"drafts" Thursday, opening them up to further public comment and thereby delaying the implementation of new project requirements designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and local pollution.
Under its proposed interim greenhouse gas policy statement, the commission would more stringently take into account the emissions associated with a given project, including emissions resulting from the construction and operation of a project, when determining whether it serves the public interest. During a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing earlier this month, Manchin, who chairs the committee, described the policies as advancing"death by a thousand cuts" of the fossil fuel industry.
Democratic commissioners argued that due to recent court decisions vacating some of the agency's pipeline certificates, it behooved the commission to more closely consider the environmental effects of projects. Christi Tezak, a managing director with ClearView Energy Partners, said the decision by the agency to keep pending projects out of it was a win for the industry and enabled the commission to move ahead with Kinder Morgan’s Evangeline Pass, TC Energy’s East Lateral Express, and Iroquois's ExC gas projects Thursday.
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