Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Final Cost Pegged at Nearly $10 Billion

When EQT first announced it intended to build the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), stretching from Wetzel County, WV, to Pittsylvania County, VA, the project came with an estimated price tag of $3.5 billion and an estimated completion date of 2018 (see Mountain Valley Pipeline Files FERC Appl, Now Just Matter of Time). By the time it finally began operating earlier this year (10 years later!), the estimated cost had risen to $7.85 billion (see Confirmed: M-U Gas Now Flowing Through Mountain Valley Pipeline). Except, that number was not the true final cost either. According to a recent filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the final cost to build MVP was $9.67 billion.

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