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  • Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | New York | Pipelines | Regulation | Statewide NY | Williams

    Williams to “Imminently” File with FERC to Revive 2 New York Pipes

    May 29, 2025May 29, 2025

    The effort by the Trump administration to build both the Constitution Pipeline and the Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) Project continues to pick up steam. Just yesterday, we told you that there was a public disagreement between the White House and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul regarding whether she agreed to a quid pro quo deal to allow the two pipelines in return for restarting an offshore windmill project (see White House Claims NY Gov. “Caved” on Pipelines, Hochul Says No). Regardless of whether a deal was reached or not, the key question has been: will Williams, the pipeline company for both projects, be willing to invest more money in those projects after losing hundreds of millions when NY blocked them? The answer, if reports from two mainstream media outlets are accurate, appears to be YES! Read More “Williams to “Imminently” File with FERC to Revive 2 New York Pipes”

  • Energy Services | Energy Transfer Partners | Industrywide Issues | Litigation | Ohio | Pipelines | Statewide OH | Taxation

    Rover Pipeline Heads to Ohio Supreme Court to Lower Tax Assessment

    May 29, 2025May 29, 2025

    Rover Pipeline, a 713-mile natural gas pipeline, was designed to carry up to 3.25 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of Marcellus and Utica gas from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio to destinations in Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia, and Canada. The project was completed and came online in late 2018 (see FERC OKs Final 2 Rover Pipeline Laterals – Now 100% Online). Rover’s original estimated cost to build the project was $4.08 billion. It ultimately cost $6.3 billion, as historically high rainfall led to additional unforeseen expenses, delays, and inspections stemming from the excessive rain. Most of the pipeline runs through Ohio, which assesses a property tax on such projects. Rover and Ohio disagree over the value to be assigned to the pipeline for annual taxation purposes. The case is heading to the Ohio Supreme Court next week. Read More “Rover Pipeline Heads to Ohio Supreme Court to Lower Tax Assessment”

  • Beaver County | Energy Companies | Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | PennEnergy Resources | Pennsylvania | Regulation

    PennEnergy No Longer Wants Fracking Water from Big Sewickley Creek

    May 29, 2025May 29, 2025

    In 2021, PennEnergy Resources made a request to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to withdraw up to 3 million gallons of water a day from Big Sewickley Creek (Beaver County) and one of its tributaries for shale fracking (see Dem PA Lawmaker Wants to Block Use of Creek Water for Fracking). After getting pushback, PennEnergy reapplied for a permit in 2022 to draw water, but this time, the request was cut in half to just 1.5 million gallons of water a day (see PennEnergy Reapplies to Use SWPA Creek Water for Fracking Ops). In 2024, the DEP finally approved the request for the lower withdrawal amount (see PA DEP Finally OKs Use of Big Sewickley Creek Water for Fracking). PennEnergy has now asked the DEP to cancel the permit. Read More “PennEnergy No Longer Wants Fracking Water from Big Sewickley Creek”

  • Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Electrical Generation | Industrywide Issues | Tucker County | West Virginia

    Antis Target Gas-Fired Data Center Proposed for Tucker County, WV

    May 29, 2025May 29, 2025
    Tucker County, WV

    We’re learning more about a proposed AI data center proposed for Tucker County, WV. In early April, MDN told you of a proposal by Fundamental Data for the “Ridgeline Facility,” a large natural gas power plant and data center that will be built between Davis and Thomas, WV (see 1,656 MW Gas-Fired Data Center Proposed in Tucker County, WV). At the time, we informed you that the power plant and data center would cover approximately 500 acres, with the gas-fired plant producing 1,656 megawatts (MW) of power. A new story reveals that if the site is “fully realized,” it would be “among the largest data center campuses in the world,” spanning 10,000 acres across Tucker and Grant counties. Read More “Antis Target Gas-Fired Data Center Proposed for Tucker County, WV”

  • CNG/LNG | Commodity Price | Exporting | Industrywide Issues

    NYMEX Price Drops 19.4 Cents Due To Another Freeport LNG Outage

    May 29, 2025May 29, 2025

    We need a scorecard to keep track of all the ups and downs at the problem-plagued Freeport LNG export facility, located near Galveston, Texas. We don’t think it’s a stretch to say the plant, which is the third-largest LNG export plant in the U.S., has been down almost as much as it has been up since first coming online in 2019 (see our Freeport outage stories here). Feed gas nominations to the facility dropped by more than 30% yesterday, indicating that one of the three trains is, once again, offline. The situation led to a sharp decline in the NYMEX futures price of natural gas, which settled down 19.4 cents at $3.204/MMBtu. No comment from Freeport on this latest outage. Read More “NYMEX Price Drops 19.4 Cents Due To Another Freeport LNG Outage”

  • Alternative Energy | Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Electrical Generation | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Philadephia

    Big Green Tries to Bully PJM Into Using More Unreliable Solar/Wind

    May 29, 2025May 29, 2025

    Big Green, particularly the New Jersey chapter of the odious Sierra Club, persists in trying to convince the general public that unreliable renewables (solar and wind) are less expensive than alternatives like natural gas. That’s simply a lie (see Study Proves Solar is 10X More Expensive than NatGas for Electric). Solar and wind are 10X and 7X more expensive, respectively, than using natural gas to produce electricity, when all costs are factored. Yet the Clubbers and their sycophants showed up at PJM headquarters yesterday to bully and pressure PJM into approving more solar and wind ahead of gas for new power additions. Read More “Big Green Tries to Bully PJM Into Using More Unreliable Solar/Wind”

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    MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, May 29, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]

    May 29, 2025May 29, 2025

    OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Solar and wind power curtailments are increasing in California; Lawfare campaign targeting Big Oil comes to Charleston, SC; NATIONAL: U.S. propane market must delicately balance seasonal demand, steady production; The Biden autopen scandal may be getting worse; Ted Cruz looks to shield key gas projects from activist lawsuits; What happened to the hydrogen economy?; We need a ‘kill switch’ on foreign powers tampering with our electric grid; INTERNATIONAL: Oil rises amid sanctions risk; OPEC+ ratifies group-wide quotas before July output decision; How Germany’s economic might was squandered; Goldman Sachs predicts sub-$60 oil prices in 2026. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, May 29, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

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