Natural gas advocates can no longer sit on the sidelines while applications for pipeline certificates make their way through FERC’s permitting process, industry stakeholders said at a conference last week. Rather, they need to be proactive and loud in their support to counter the growing Keep It In The Ground movement. Opposition to interstate natural gas pipeline projects has grown to unprecedented levels in recent years, panelists said November 14 during the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ annual committee meetings in California. They noted protests of late that have included interrupting FERC’s monthly public meetings, showing up at commissioners’ doors and laying in trenches to halt construction work on approved pipelines. Dena Wiggins, president of the Natural Gas Supply Association, said the opposition was “a real problem” not just for the project developers, but for policymakers, electric utilities, industrial end-users and consumers as well. Article continues below… Webinar: […]