Williams Briefs Luzerne Cty Officials on Transco Atlantic Sunrise
In February Williams announced a $2.1 billion expansion to their Transco natural gas pipeline (see Williams Plans $2.1B Transco Pipeline Expansion, 100% Sold Already). The name of the expansion project is Atlantic Sunrise and if it stays on schedule it will be built starting 2016 and go live in 2017. It aims to, for the first time ever (for the Transco), flow gas from north to south--delivering Marcellus Shale gas to southern markets. The project will expand the Transco pipeline's capacity by some 20%--the "largest expansion that we've done in the Transco system's history" according to Williams.
Which is all good news--except right on cue NIMBYs (not in my back yard) have already cropped up to oppose it--at least in Lebanon County, PA (see Lebanon Opposition to Williams Transco Pipeline Sunrise Expansion). Williams briefed a a Luzerne County, PA Council committee meeting last night. Seems the folks in Luzerne are a bit more open-minded about the possibilities. Here's some great insight into the Atlantic Sunrise project and how it will affect Luzerne along its path to making history...
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