'Almost impossible' for FERC to address rehearing orders in 30 days, Glick says

Utility Dive: Stakeholders had long been frustrated with FERC over the lengthy delays various orders sit through while awaiting regulatory review.

Groups can request a rehearing 30 days after FERC issues an order, which gives FERC another 30 days to approve, reject or delay the order, under the FPA and NGA. However, it became common for the commission to continuously delay, or toll, those orders, creating situations where landowner complaints over a contentious pipeline proceeding would be stuck in a "purgatory" of rehearing requests while developers moved forward with the project.

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