NC Regulator Vote Means $5B Atlantic Coast Pipeline Moves Forward

An important milestone has been achieved on the way to building the $5 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline--a project that will run from West Virginia through Virginia and into North Carolina (see Dominion Commits to Major New Marcellus/Utica Pipeline Project). The important milestone that just happened is the approval of North Carolina regulators that will allow Duke Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas to make contracts between their utilities and commercial divisions for gas transportation on the proposed pipeline. That is, by unanimous vote, the regulators just gave these companies permission to do business with themselves. Let us explain...

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