TC Energy Throws a Celebration for Pipeline Under the Potomac River

It took eight years and untold legal fees (on both sides) before a tiny 3.4-mile, 8-inch natural gas pipeline under the Potomac River was finally built and went online in July (see Columbia Gas Pipeline Under the Potomac River Finally Goes Online). In April 2017, MDN brought you the news that Columbia Pipeline (owned by TransCanada, later renamed to TC Energy) had applied with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to build a pipeline under the Potomac to connect natural gas from Pennsylvania to the Mountaineer Gas system in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia (see New 3.5 Mile Pipeline Project to Drill Under the Potomac River). That tiny section of pipeline is part of the larger Eastern Panhandle Expansion project---a project to deliver natural gas via local distribution channels (local utility Mountaineer Gas) to WV customers in several counties. Even though the project came online in July, TC and Mountaineer Gas held an official celebration ceremony yesterday.

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