Tag: PennEast Pipeline Company
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PennEast confirms cancellation of $1 billion pipeline project to FERC
PennEast Pipeline Company has confirmed to federal officials that the member companies have stopped all further development of the $1 billion pipeline project. In a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Jeffrey England, the PennEast Pipeline project manager, said member companies determined that further development could not move forward due to the challenges in…
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PennEast halts $1 billion pipeline project after lack of environmental permits
After legal and regulatory hurdles, the proposed $1 billion PennEast Pipeline project has been canceled, according to the PennEast Pipeline Company. PennEast recently suspended efforts to condemn state-owned land in New Jersey for the proposed project. The company had also previously halted the condemnation of land for the project in Pennsylvania in 2021. PennEast spokesperson…
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PennEast Company suspends bid to take New Jersey lands
The Watershed Institute responded to a statement from the PennEast Pipeline Company indicating that it will suspend efforts to condemn land in New Jersey to build its proposed fossil gas pipeline. The Watershed Institute and other advocates have fought the proposed pipeline through regulatory and legal means since it was first announced seven years ago,…
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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…