More rigorous oversight by FERC of affiliate contracts, such as the affiliate contract at issue in this case, could prevent the imposition of unnecessary costs on utility customers and could prevent locking in long-term greenhouse gas pollution and locking out clean energy alternatives over the 50-year life of new pipelines. People living in the region, including EDF members, are experiencing direct harm to their land that is in the pathway of the pipeline, including deforestation and loss of cropland.
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FERC has allowed Spire STL to undertake construction and operations notwithstanding serious legal concerns. Louis-based utility emailed customers last week, warning that up to 400,000 homes and businesses could. EDF sought rehearing of that decision, which FERC denied. Spire Missouri has faced sharp criticism from elected officials and advocates after the St. FERC issued its initial approval for the project in August 2018. The Spire STL project is a 65-mile pipeline running through southwest Illinois and the St. “FERC’s problematic determination is resulting in harmful impacts on land, water and communities.” “FERC unlawfully approved the Spire STL pipeline without a sound determination that the project is in fact needed,” said EDF attorney Erin Murphy. The service center consists of structural steel, a concrete masonry unit, brick veneer, GWB walls, demountable glass. Work included mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire suppression systems. EDF believes FERC should have conducted a rigorous review to assess actual market need. This design-build project, a 13,664 sf service center at the northeast corner of Manchester and Macklind Avenues in St. In the case of Spire STL, FERC concluded that there was need based on information presented by the developer – a contract between Spire STL and an affiliated company, Spire Missouri – without rigorous investigation of need and without reasoned consideration of information presented by other parties. In carrying out its statutory responsibilities under the Natural Gas Act, FERC must determine whether a pipeline is genuinely needed. Circuit challenging a decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to approve the Spire STL pipeline. (Washington, D.C.) Environmental Defense Fund filed suit yesterday in the U.S.