Natural Gas Producer Claims FERC Approved Unfair Fuel Rates

An oil and gas company is suing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for approving a fuel rate it says is unfair or unreasonable.

“The principle of cost causation requires that FERC ensure, at least approximately, that parties pay the costs they impose on the system,” the natural gas producer told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Washington, D.C., Circuit on Monday.

Antero Resources Corp. and its subsidiary MU Marketing LLC produce, ship and sell natural gas. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC, a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan Inc. and an intervener in the case, bills Antero and other customers for fuel…