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Antis Convince Rockland County, NY Legislators to Oppose Pipe Proj.

The Algonquin Gas Transmission pipeline (owned by Enbridge) transports up to 3.09 Bcf/d through a pipeline that is 1,131 miles long. Algonquin connects to Texas Eastern Transmission (TETCO), Millennium Pipeline, and Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline and supplies New England with critically needed natural gas supplies for power generation and consumer use. As we told you in September 2023, Enbridge conducted an open season to gauge interest in expanding Algonquin’s capacity to flow more gas into New England—mainly from the Marcellus/Utica—called Project Maple (see Enbridge Open Season to Expand Algonquin Pipe in New England). Since that time, anti-fossil fuel nutters (like Food & Water Watch, Sierra Club, and others) have mounted a coordinated attack against the project (see our Project Maple stories here). Here we are, almost two years later, and the antis finally have a sliver of support—from the emasculated legislators of Rockland County, NY. Read More “Antis Convince Rockland County, NY Legislators to Oppose Pipe Proj.”

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New Equipment, AI Lowering Emissions in the M-U Midstream

Compressor Station 165 in Pittsylvania County (in southern Virginia) is part of the Transco pipeline network, the nation’s largest-volume interstate natural gas pipeline system. CS 165 is also the endpoint of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which carries 2 Bcf/d of natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica Shale from Wetzel County, WV, to Pittsylvania County, VA. Williams, the owner of Transco, replaced an aging fleet of engines at CS 165 with new turbines that decreased emissions and took up far less space. Enbridge, another major midstream company, is replacing hundreds of flow meters with newer models, which deliver much better information to the company in real-time. Read More “New Equipment, AI Lowering Emissions in the M-U Midstream”

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FERC Approves 122-Mile East Tennessee Pipe Project for TVA Plant

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally-owned electric utility corporation in the U.S. TVA’s service area covers all of Tennessee, portions of Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky, and small areas of Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia. TVA is the country’s sixth-largest power supplier and the largest public utility company. In May 2023, TVA announced that it would convert the Kingston Fossil Plant (coal-fired plant) in East Tennessee to a natural gas-fired plant capable of generating 1,500 megawatts of electricity (see TVA Proposes NatGas Power Plant, 122-Mile Pipeline for East Tenn.). The project includes contracting with Enbridge subsidiary East Tennessee Natural Gas Pipeline to build a new 122-mile pipeline, called the Ridgeline Expansion Project. Good news for the pipeline portion of the project: Last Wednesday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) fully approved the project. Read More “FERC Approves 122-Mile East Tennessee Pipe Project for TVA Plant”

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TETCO Pipeline to Flow M-U to Country’s Largest Gas Power Plant

Last week, MDN brought you the exciting news that THE largest gas-fired power plant in the country, along with a MASSIVE data center complex, will be built at a former coal-fired power plant site in Indiana County, PA (see Largest Gas-Fired Power Plant in the U.S. Coming in Western Pa.). The site will be transformed into a more than 3,200-acre natural gas-powered data center campus, complete with a 4.5 gigawatt Marcellus-fired power plant. We have an update on that important project—news of the pipeline company that will connect and flow Marcellus/Utica molecules to it… Read More “TETCO Pipeline to Flow M-U to Country’s Largest Gas Power Plant”

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TETCO Asks FERC to Swap Gas for Electric Compressor in Pa. Project

The Texas Eastern Transmission Pipeline Company (aka TETCO) recently filed a request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to make a change in its plans related to upgrades at the pipeline’s Entriken Compressor Station located in Todd Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. Several years ago, TETCO (owned by Enbridge) filed to build the Appalachia to Market II Project (A2MII) and the Entriken HP Replacement Project (see FERC Chair Phillips Surprises, Moves to Quickly Advance 3 Gas Pipes). The two projects combined work together to flow 55,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/d, same as 55 MMcf/d) of natural gas from the Marcellus/Utica in southwest Pennsylvania to existing local distribution companies in New Jersey. Read More “TETCO Asks FERC to Swap Gas for Electric Compressor in Pa. Project”

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FERC Issues Favorable EIS for 122-Mile East Tennessee Pipe Project

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally-owned electric utility corporation in the U.S. TVA’s service area covers all of Tennessee, portions of Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky, and small areas of Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia. TVA is the sixth-largest power supplier and the largest public utility company in the country. In May 2023, TVA announced that it would convert the Kingston Fossil Plant (coal-fired plant) in East Tennessee to a natural gas-fired plant capable of generating 1,500 megawatts of electricity (see TVA Proposes NatGas Power Plant, 122-Mile Pipeline for East Tenn.). The project also includes contracting with Enbridge to build a new 122-mile pipeline. Good news for the pipeline portion of the project. On Friday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a favorable final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the pipeline. Read More “FERC Issues Favorable EIS for 122-Mile East Tennessee Pipe Project”

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Rhode Island Radicals Pressure Governor to Block Project Maple

The Algonquin Gas Transmission pipeline (owned by Enbridge) transports up to 3.09 Bcf/d of natural gas through 1,131 miles of pipeline. Algonquin connects to Texas Eastern Transmission (TETCO), Millennium Pipeline, and Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline and supplies New England with critically needed natural gas supplies for power generation and consumer use. We told you in September 2023 that Enbridge conducted an open season to gauge interest in expanding Algonquin’s capacity to flow more gas into New England — mainly from the Marcellus/Utica — called Project Maple (see Enbridge Open Season to Expand Algonquin Pipe in New England). Since then, colluding Big Green groups have targeted the governors in various states to bully them into rejecting Project Maple, even though it’s a federal project under Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authority. Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee is the latest to be threatened by Big Green. Read More “Rhode Island Radicals Pressure Governor to Block Project Maple”

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Enbridge Using Microsoft AI to Monitor Pipes for Threats, Damage

An Artificial Intelligence Illustration on the WallEnbridge Inc. is using artificial intelligence (AI) pioneered by Microsoft to “drive significant advancements in safety, emissions reduction, and asset optimization across its operations.” Enbridge uses Microsoft’s AI to help it better flow its gas and liquids through pipelines, monitor right-of-ways where its pipelines are buried, and monitor and flag pipelines that need maintenance to prevent problems and accidents. Read More “Enbridge Using Microsoft AI to Monitor Pipes for Threats, Damage”

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Sale of 3rd & Final LDC from Dominion to Enbridge Now Complete

In September 2023, Dominion Energy and Enbridge co-announced that Dominion had agreed to sell the company’s remaining natural gas local distribution companies (LDCs) that Dominion owns to Enbridge for $14.0 billion, which includes $9.4 billion in cash plus the assumption of debt (see Dominion Energy Loses Mind – Sells Remaining LDC NatGas Businesses). The deal includes three LDCs (local utility companies)—The East Ohio Gas Company, Public Service Company of North Carolina, and Questar Gas Company (along with Wexpro Company). The first of the three deals, the East Ohio Gas Company, officially changed hands in March of this year (see Sale of East Ohio Gas Co. from Dominion to Enbridge Now Complete). The second deal, Questar Gas (serving customers in the western U.S.), closed in June of this year (see Enbridge Completes Acquisition of Questar Gas Company). The third and final LDC deal, Public Service Company of North Carolina (PSNC), closed yesterday.
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Radicals Pressure CT Gov. Lamont to Block Algonquin Pipe Project

The Algonquin Gas Transmission pipeline (owned by Enbridge) transports up to 3.09 Bcf/d of natural gas through 1,131 miles of pipeline. Algonquin connects to Texas Eastern Transmission (TETCO), Millennium Pipeline, and Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline and supplies New England with critically needed natural gas supplies for power generation and consumer use. As we told you in September 2023, Enbridge conducted an open season to gauge interest in expanding Algonquin’s capacity to flow more gas into New England — mainly from the Marcellus/Utica — called Project Maple (see Enbridge Open Season to Expand Algonquin Pipe in New England). Since then, colluding Big Green groups have targeted the governors in various states to bully them into rejecting Project Maple, even though it’s a federal project under the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Connecticut’s Gov. Ned Lamont is the latest to be threatened by Big Green. Read More “Radicals Pressure CT Gov. Lamont to Block Algonquin Pipe Project”

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Radicals Pressure Mass. Gov. Healey to Block Algonquin Pipe Project

The Algonquin Gas Transmission pipeline (owned by Enbridge) transports up to 3.09 Bcf/d of natural gas through 1,131 miles of pipeline. Algonquin connects to Texas Eastern Transmission (TETCO), Millennium Pipeline, and Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline and supplies New England with critically needed natural gas supplies for power generation and consumer use. As we told you in September 2023, Enbridge conducted an open season to gauge interest in expanding Algonquin’s capacity to flow more gas into New England — mainly from the Marcellus/Utica — called Project Maple (see Enbridge Open Season to Expand Algonquin Pipe in New England). A coalition of “90 environmental organizations” (many of them one- or two-person operations) sent letters to the governors of the New England states and New York State in January demanding (they always demand) that the governors publicly oppose Project Maple (see Radicals DEMAND Northeast Governors Oppose Enbridge Pipe Project). That effort didn’t work because now 45 nutball “state and local elected officials” in Massachusetts are demanding Gov. Maura Healey deny any permits requested to build the project. Read More “Radicals Pressure Mass. Gov. Healey to Block Algonquin Pipe Project”

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FERC Gives OK to Start Building ETNG System Alignment in TN, NC

In March of this year, MDN brought the news that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) had approved an Enbridge project to update its East Tennessee Natural Gas (ETNG) pipeline system (see FERC Approves East Tenn. NatGas System Alignment in NC, TN, VA). The project is referred to as the ETNG System Alignment Program Project. ETNG plans to add two electric compressor stations and pipeline capacity in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Here’s something you don’t read about every day: The original target by Enbridge was to begin construction on the project in the second quarter of next year. Scratch that! Last Friday, FERC gave Enbridge its approval to begin construction on the System Alignment Project now, nearly a year ahead of schedule. Read More “FERC Gives OK to Start Building ETNG System Alignment in TN, NC”

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Enbridge CEO Says AI Power Use “Colossal,” U.S. LNG Doubles by 2030

Enbridge CEO Greg Ebel

When we say “major pipeline company with major assets in the Marcellus/Utica,” which companies do you immediately think of? Williams? Kinder Morgan? Energy Transfer? TC Energy? All good answers. But there’s another name that should be on the list: Enbridge. Through acquisitions and its own projects, the Canada-based Enbridge has become a huge and important player across the entire U.S., but in particular in the M-U region. When the CEO of Enbridge opines on the state of energy and natural gas (as he recently did), we need to listen.
Read More “Enbridge CEO Says AI Power Use “Colossal,” U.S. LNG Doubles by 2030″

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Big Midstream Companies Eye Data Center/AI Market for New Pipes

What had been a regular stream of talk about providing power to data centers and artificial intelligence (AI) has become a torrent. There is a clear connection between data centers and the natural gas industry. This most recent round of quarterly financial updates by the biggest of the big pipeline companies (all of which have a huge presence in the Marcellus/Utica) reveals a new opportunity: building natgas pipelines directly to data centers. Why? Because increasingly those data centers are considering making their own power.
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Officials Seek Public Alerts from Connecticut Compressor Station

Algonquin Gas Transmission compressors in Connecticut (click for larger version)

The 1,100-mile-long Algonquin Gas Transmission Pipeline delivers natural gas, including Marcellus/Utica gas, to New England. Algonquin is connected to the Texas Eastern Pipeline and the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline. Algonquin crosses through (delivers gas to) Connecticut and several other states. Three compressor stations are located along the portion of Algonquin that traverses Connecticut. One of the three compressor stations, located in Cromwell, was dinged by the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) for releasing “excessive amounts” of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in 2014 and 2016. The company signed a consent order requiring new emission controls at the plant, along with paying a $190,000 fine. According to State Sen. Matt Lesser and Cromwell Mayor James Demetriades (both Democrats), that’s not good enough.
Read More “Officials Seek Public Alerts from Connecticut Compressor Station”

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TETCO Pipe Replacement Project in Fayette County, PA July Thru Oct

Texas Eastern Transmission Pipeline (TETCO) is a major natural gas pipeline originally built to flow gas from the Gulf of Mexico coast in Texas and Louisiana up through Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania to deliver gas in the New York City area. Owned by Canadian-based Enbridge, TETCO is one of the largest pipeline systems in the United States. Years ago, large portions of TETCO were reversed to flow Marcellus/Utica gas southward along the pipeline. Here’s something we’re sure happens with big pipes like TETCO, but not something you read about often: TETCO is replacing a segment of its pipeline that runs through Fayette County, PA.
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