Company: ENBSF
Filing Date: 2025-05-09
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000895728-25-000012
Chunk: 19

Company: ENBRIDGE INC
Filing Date: 2025-05-09
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 2
Chunk 19
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 April 29, 2024. We anticipate the Court of Appeals will issue a decision in 2025.

In March 2025, after receiving authorizations from tribal, federal, and state agencies, an erosion mitigation project was successfully installed at the Meander.

MICHIGAN LINE 5 DUAL PIPELINES - STRAITS OF MACKINAC EASEMENT

Michigan Attorney General Lawsuit

In 2019, the Michigan Attorney General (AG) filed a complaint in the Michigan Ingham County Circuit Court (the Circuit Court) that requests the Circuit Court to declare the easement granted to Enbridge in 1953 for the operation of Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac (the Straits) to be invalid and to prohibit continued operation of Line 5 in the Straits. On December 15, 2021, Enbridge removed the case to the US District Court in the Western District of Michigan (US District Court). The removal of the AG's case to federal court followed a November 16, 2021 ruling, which held that the similar (and now dismissed) 2020 lawsuit brought by the Governor of Michigan to force the shutdown of Line 5 raised important federal issues that should be heard in federal court. The AG subsequently filed various motions and appeals (opposed by Enbridge) to remand the case.

On June 17, 2024, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (6th Circuit) overturned the US District Court’s decision and remanded the AG's lawsuit against Enbridge back to the Circuit Court. On July 15, 2024, Enbridge filed a petition for rehearing, which was denied on August 16, 2024.

Oral argument took place before the Circuit Court judge on January 27, 2025, on cross motions for summary disposition which have been pending for almost four years. We anticipate a decision on the motions for summary disposition in 2025.

On January 13, 2025, Enbridge filed a petition for certiorari with the US Supreme Court. The petition asks the US Supreme Court to review and reverse the June 2024 decision of the 6th Circuit remanding to state court the Michigan AG’s lawsuit against Enbridge seeking to shut down Line 5.

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The AG filed a response to Enbridge’s petition and a decision from the US Supreme Court on whether to grant the petition is anticipated by the third quarter of 2025.

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