State Ex Rel. MoGas Pipeline LLC v. Missouri Public Service Commission

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge.

MoGas Pipeline, LLC, seeks review of the Missouri Public Service Commission’s (PSC) order denying MoGas’ request that the PSC terminate its intervention in matters pending before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Be*495cause this Court finds that the PSC has no authority to intervene as a party in proceedings before the FERC, this Court affirms, as modified, the circuit court’s judgment that the PSC’s order was unlawful.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

MoGas operates an interstate natural gas pipeline delivering natural gas to customers in Missouri. The…