This Virginia Mercury article discusses how the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines set off ‘an alarm bell’ for skeptical FERC energy regulator Cheryl LaFleur.
LaFleur, appointed to the commission by President Barack Obama in 2010, made waves a couple of years ago when she split with her Republican colleagues over the approval of the controversial Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley natural gas pipelines, massive projects slated to run through Virginia.
The GOP-led commission approved both pipelines, but LaFleur wrote in her Oct. 2017 dissent that she couldn’t conclude that either project was in the public interest.