Update on City of Oberlin
The City of Oberlin, Ohio returns to the DC CIrcuit to challenge FERC's authority to issue Section 7 certificates and eminent domain powers for projects that have no other purpose but export. Here's…
Update on City of Oberlin, Ohio v. FERC – Can FERC Rely on Gas Export to Authorize Eminent Domain?
Last month, on behalf of the City of Oberlin, Ohio I argued a boundary-pushing case at the D.C.Circuit which asks whether the Commission can justify a finding of convenience and…
New: Upcoming Oral Argument April 11, 2019 – Challenging FERC Order That Ignores Climate Change Impacts & Would Allow Companies to Put Compressor Stations Not Just Somewhere But Anywhere
On April 11, 2019, the D.C. Circuit will hear two seemingly small cases but that have big consequences for how applicants choose project sites and the extent to which FERC…
Carolyn Elefant to speak at ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation
Carolyn Elefant has been invited to speak at the prestigious and wildly popular ALI-CLE Conference on Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation, to be held in Palm Springs, California, January…