Pass the Jim Beam! Judge Clears Way for Gas Pipe Near Louisville, KY

Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) has Kentucky state approval to build a new 12-inch, 12-mile pipeline near Louisville to supply gas to 62 homes and businesses that can’t connect to LG&E’s local natgas utility system. The local Bernheim Arboretum has resisted attempts to build across three-tenths of one percent (0.028%) of Arboretum land--along an existing cleared path where electric lines already go (see KY Utility Hints at Defunding Local Arboretum Blocking New Pipe). Whatever. Antis tried to claim the only reason LG&E wants to build the pipeline is to feed the local Jim Beam production plant (see Antis Use Jim Beam to Try and Block Pipeline Near Louisville, KY). That flopped. Who doesn't love Jim Beam? This week a judge ruled LG&E can use eminent domain and proceed with the project. Pull out your shot glass. Let's get this party started!

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