W. Kentucky Pipeline Wins in Court, Escapes PSC; Farmers Dig In

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Pennyrile region
The long-stalled Pennyrile Energy Corridor, a 53-mile natural gas pipeline planned for western Kentucky, has racked up two big wins since we last checked in. In September, a Kentucky judge ruled that the agency building the pipeline can use eminent domain to get easements from landowners who won't sign. State lawmakers also moved the project out from under the state's utility regulator. But a few farmers along the route aren't budging, and one calls the $4-per-foot offer for his land "ridiculous."

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