Making the Case in North Carolina for MVP Southgate Pipeline

Equitrans Midstream, the builder of the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project, proposed to extend the pipeline by an extra 75 miles from the current terminus in Pittsylvania County, VA, to Alamance County, NC, to provide natural gas for heating and electric generation. The extension is called MVP Southgate. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a liberal Democrat, is against it (see NC Leftist Gov. Cooper Asks FERC to Deny MVP Southgate More Time). So too, are 52 NC liberal Democrat legislators (see 52 NC Legislators Join Gov. in Seeking to Block MVP Southgate). However, many others, including NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a Republican, favor Southgate. An excellent article written by Jon Sanders, director of the John Locke Foundation's Center for Food, Power, and Life, makes a case for Southgate, discussing how it "can help bridge the gap from coal to zero-emissions nuclear."

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