Mealey's (December 15, 2020, 2:45 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. government on Dec. 9 filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a hydraulic fracturing pipeline company that seeks reversal of a federal appeals court’s decision that determined that the company does not have all the rights of the federal government with regard to the power of eminent domain. The solicitor general says the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has the authority under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) to grant any holder of a certificate of public convenience that right (PennEast Pipeline Company LLC v. New Jersey, et al., No. 19-1039, U.S. Sup.)....