FERC grants temporary certificate to Spire gas pipe, enabling winter operations

摘要

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Dec. 3 granted an additional temporary certificate to Spire STL Pipeline, ending questions about whether the 65-mile, 400,000 Dt/d gas pipeline would be able to continue operating through the winter 2021-22 heating season. After the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in June vacated Spire's certificate authorization, FERC in September granted a 90-day certificate that was set to expire Dec. 13. FERC's new certificate will stay in effect until FERC acts in the case on remand in relation to Spire's long-term authorization.