MVP Completion in 2023 Gives New Hope for MVP Southgate in NC
It took an Act of Congress, but the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), which stretches from Wetzel County, WV, to Pittsylvania County, VA, will be, according to the builder and primary owner, Equitrans, completed and online by the end of this year (see Equitrans Announces Mountain Valley Pipe to Get Completed in 2023). Equitrans had big plans to expand MVP an extra 75 miles from Pittsylvania County to Alamance County, NC, a project called MVP Southgate. However, given the pushback and obstacles in completing the original MVP, Equitrans appeared to give up on Southgate last October (see Equitrans Signals Giving Up on MVP Southgate – Pulls Eminent Domain).
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