Enable Mississippi River Trans, et al v. FERC

  1. August 17, 2020

    DC Circ. Says Prior Ruling On FERC Tax Perk Moots Appeal

    The D.C. Circuit sent packing a Kinder Morgan unit's challenge to a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission policy that eliminated an income tax allowance for pipeline master limited partnerships, saying it was mooted by a July decision dismissing a similar challenge that addressed the consequences of the new policy.

  2. April 03, 2020

    Pipelines, FERC Butt Heads At DC Circ. Over Nixed Tax Perk

    Two pipeline companies clashed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in a pair of intertwined hearings before the D.C. Circuit Friday, as a three-judge panel heard appeals challenging a new FERC policy doing away with an income tax allowance for pipeline master limited partnerships, a key tax perk.

  3. September 26, 2019

    Pipelines Can't Yet Fight FERC Tax Policy Shift, Shippers Say

    American Airlines, Chevron, ExxonMobil and others have told the D.C. Circuit that pipeline companies can't challenge the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's policy eliminating a tax perk for pipeline master limited partnerships, arguing appeals can only follow individual rate cases.

  4. July 15, 2019

    FERC Tax Policy Change Hurts Pipeline MLPs, DC Circ. Told

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission misinterpreted a 2016 D.C. Circuit ruling that scrapped a pipeline income tax allowance to craft an unlawful policy removing a tax perk for pipeline master limited partnerships, a pair of pipeline companies told the appeals court Friday.

  5. September 17, 2018

    FERC Pipeline Tax Policy Change Challenged At DC Circ.

    A pair of pipeline companies urged the D.C. Circuit on Friday to review a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission policy removing a tax perk for pipeline master limited partnerships, a companion to a rule directing gas pipeline operators to disclose the effect of recently enacted corporate tax cuts on their rates.