US FERC Affirms Its Concurrent Jurisdiction with US Bankruptcy Courts to Determine Disposition of Natural Gas Agreements

On August 21, 2020, in docket RP20-881-001, the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied an application for rehearing¹ and held that it has concurrent jurisdiction with the US bankruptcy courts to review and address the disposition of the two jurisdictional natural gas transportation agreements at issue in the bankruptcy case of Chesapeake Energy Marketing, L.L.C.

¹ The initial order was described in our July 6, 2020, Perspective Jurisdictional Conflict Between FERC and Bankruptcy Courts Spills Over to Natural Gas Agreements.