So what happens now that Joe Manchin’s plan to get his fellow Democrats to vote for a bill to finish up the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), a “permitting reform” bill, is dead (see “Save MVP” Permitting Bill is Dead – Manchin Pulls it From CR)? Manchin and his buddy Chuck Schumer have said they will try to resurrect Manchin’s bill, called the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2022, for a vote by the end of this year. Good luck with that. We give it a 0% chance. Back here in the real world Equitrans Midstream, the company building the 94% complete MVP, has to deal with the hand they’ve been dealt. What does their plan to complete MVP look like?
So what happens now that Joe Manchin’s plan to get his fellow Democrats to vote for a bill to finish up the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), a “permitting reform” bill, is dead (see 