The ruling vacated approval of the pipeline, prompting FERCвЂ™s 90-day order allowing its continued operation.

The panel also wrote that evidence showed the pipeline вЂњis not being built to serve increasing load demand and that there is no indication the new pipeline will lead to cost savings.вЂќ Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that FERC вЂњfailed to adequately balance public benefits and adverse impactsвЂќ in approving the pipeline. Louis region.вЂќ But the EDF contended in a lawsuit that the pipeline harms land in its path, and that taxpayers will foot the bill for decades to come. Spire has called it vital for providing вЂњreliable and critical energy access to 650,000 homes and businesses throughout the St. Louis, where it connects with a national network. The pipeline runs for 65 miles (105 kilometers), from Scott County, Illinois, to near St. In Kenosha and beyond, guns become more common on US streets вЂњWith winter heating season less than one month away, customers who rely on the STL Pipeline need assurance that this critical infrastructure will continue to deliver a reliable and affordable energy supply,вЂќ the company said in a statement on Tuesday. SpireвЂ™s court filing said shutting down the pipeline вЂњin the middle of winter could result in the loss of natural-gas service to hundreds of thousands of homes and businessesвЂќ in the St. 13 unless the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission extends an emergency order granted in September. If the Supreme Court declines to take up the case, operation of the pipeline could cease on Dec. In a filing last week, Spire requested a stay that would allow operation of its Spire STL Pipeline until the issue is resolved in the courts. Supreme Court to allow it to keep operating a pipeline through Illinois and Missouri, warning that a winter shutdown could be devastating to St. Louis-based natural gas company Spire Inc.

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