Columbia Riverkeeper v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Two petitions for review were filed challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC’s) authorization for natural gas compression facilities in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon to enable expansion of pipeline system transportation capacity. The project’s developer <a href="https://climatecasechart.com/case/gas-transmission-northwest-llc-v-federal-energy-regulatory-commission/">challenged</a> the authorization (to the extent it was adverse to the developer) in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Environmental groups challenged the authorization in the D.C. Circuit. FERC submitted a notice of multicircuit petitions to the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML), and the JPML’s clerk selected the D.C. Circuit as the court in which to consolidate the petitions. The developer filed a motion to reconsider, arguing that the environmental groups’ petition did not meet requirements to trigger a multicircuit lottery.