Artist rendering of Moriah Energy Center (click for larger version)
Dominion Energy wants to build a liquified natural gas (LNG) storage facility in Person County, North Carolina, to enhance natural gas service reliability for residential and business customers in the growing region (see NC Residents Freak Out Over Proposed Dominion LNG Storage Tank). Dominion studied several potential sites and collected a boatload of data during the site selection process, including but not limited to construction feasibility, minimizing landowner impacts, connection to Dominion’s existing natural gas system, and avoiding environmentally sensitive areas. Ultimately, Dominion selected a 504-acre site in the southeast corner of Person County, and they plunked down $12 million to buy it (see Dominion Buys Land for LNG Storage Facility in Person County, NC). Dominion calls the project the Moriah Energy Center. Anti-fossil fuel organizations have whipped up locals living in that area, telling them the chemicals that will be emitted from the facility will cause cancer.
