Tag: PennEast Pipeline
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RIP PennEast!
By Michele S. Byers If long-tailed salamanders, northern long-eared bats, and the other creatures of forests, fields and marshes could throw a party, they’d be celebrating! They just won a permanent reprieve from an unneeded and unwanted gas pipeline that would have slashed a huge swath through open space, farms, forests and streams in Hunterdon…
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SCOTUS rules in PennEast’s favor on ability to seize state-owned land
The U.S. Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision has ruled that the PennEast Pipeline project can proceed with condemning New Jersey state-owned land for the company’s $1 billion pipeline project. The decision by the court released on June 29 overturns a 2019 Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision, which denied the condemning of more than…
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PennEast Pipeline update: U.S. Supreme Court grants review for PennEast’s appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the PennEast Pipeline Company, as the company seeks to overturn a 2019 Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision, denying the condemning of New Jersey state-owned land for the company’s $1 billion pipeline project. The Supreme Court granted PennEast’s petition of writ certiorari (a written…
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PennEast Pipeline Update: U.S. Solicitor General files brief to U.S. Supreme Court; New Jersey Resources still supports project
The U.S. Supreme Court has not made a decision yet on whether to hear an appeal from the PennEast Pipeline Company to overturn a 2019 Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision, denying the condemning of 42 parcels of New Jersey state-owned land for the company’s $1 billion pipeline project. However, the court recently received the…
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PennEast Pipeline partners still determined to build $1 billion pipeline project
PennEast Pipeline partner companies remain committed to their pipeline project as they await a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on whether the high court will hear its appeal, which could decide the projects fate. The appeal centers around a 2019 Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision denying the condemning of 42 parcels of New…
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Opinion: ‘Gimmick’ is how future pipelines will avoid environmental and permitting issues
What if PennEast could secure a pipeline through Hopewell without having to apply for a single permit? Recently, several residents, who live along Jacobs Creek, received a letter from a representative of Sunoco Logistics Partners LP (Sunoco) that it had filed an application for an “Emergency Repair” permit with the New Jersey Department of…
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SCOTUS receives New Jersey’s response as court decides whether to hear PennEast case
The U.S. Supreme Court has received a response from the state of New Jersey in opposition to a petition by the PennEast Pipeline Company, requesting the court hear its appeal of lower court decision denying the condemning of 42 parcels of state-owned land for its $1 billion pipeline project. The brief was filed by the…
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PennEast Pipeline officials granted two-year extension by FERC
PennEast Pipeline officials were granted a two-year extension from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to complete the construction of pipeline project facilities. The announcement for the extension was delivered on Feb. 20. On Jan. 19, 2018, FERC officials originally authorized PennEast to construct those project facilities for the pipeline by Jan. 19, 2020, within…
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PennEast seeking approval to construct natural gas pipeline in two phases
The PennEast Pipeline Company will focus its efforts on a two-phase approach to completing a pipeline project. The company has filed an amendment with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to construct the pipeline in two phases. FERC regulates the interstate transportation of electricity, natural gas and oil. According to officials, phase one consists of…