Rover Pipeline, Energy Transfer Sue FERC Over $20 Million Fine

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s effort to impose a $20 million fine for removing a farmhouse should go through the court system, and not an in-house enforcement proceeding, Rover Pipeline LLC and Energy Transfer LP told a Texas federal court.

The agency is trying to “deprive” the companies of “vast sums of money by forcing them through” an administrative enforcement action for alleged violations of the Natural Gas Act, the companies argue. But this action is itself barred by the act, according to the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

The NGA says …