FERC Approves Williams Transco SESE Pipeline Project for VA, NC

Two pipeline kingpins are engaged in a deathmatch with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to get their competing pipeline projects approved. One is Williams’ Transco Southeast Supply Enhancement Project (SESE), the other is EQT’s MVP Southgate project (see Update on N.C. Pipe Deathmatch: Transco SESE vs. MVP Southgate). Both projects would be built in the same general area, starting near Chatham, Virginia, and ending near Eden, North Carolina. Both claim they have customers ready to take their gas. In a July 2025 FERC filing, Williams said that its project could easily handle Southgate MVP’s capacity by adding meter tubes and regulation at an existing station. EQT was not pleased with the attempt to undercut Southgate. However, MVP Southgate appeared to have the regulatory momentum when FERC approved a change in the project in December (see FERC Votes to Approve Change of MVP Southgate Route, Capacity). But now, the Williams SESE project has leapfrogged Southgate by garnering a final approval from FERC to build.

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