Enbridge

This Thursday the five commissioners of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will engage in something that is, in our humble opinion, illegal. They will conduct a hearing to discuss whether or not to shut down a fully (and safely) functioning compressor station in Weymouth, Massachusetts that was approved and built during the Trump administration and went online in January 2021 just as power was handed over to the Bidenistas. No country can last if a new administration revisits and overturns regulatory decisions made in previous administrations simply because they don’t like the politics of that administration. It is manifestly unfair and unjust.
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In June MDN brought you the news that Enbridge’s Texas Eastern Transmission (TETCO) pipeline is being flow-restricted by the Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA). Some 40% of the Marcellus/Utica molecules that flow through TETCO’s pipeline to destinations in the southeastern U.S. disappeared and were predicted to stay that way until the end of September (see TETCO Pipe Throttling 40% of M-U Southbound Gas to Last All Summer). Fantastic news! PHMSA last week gave permission to Enbridge to boost pressure back to 100% again, beginning this week.
Read More “TETCO Pipeline Returns to Full Pressure This Week – 2 Mo. Early”

In June MDN brought you the news that Enbridge’s Texas Eastern Transmission (TETCO) pipeline is being flow-restricted by the Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA). Some 40% of the Marcellus/Utica molecules that flow through TETCO’s pipeline to destinations in the southeastern U.S. have disappeared and were predicted to stay that way until the end of September (see TETCO Pipe Throttling 40% of M-U Southbound Gas to Last All Summer). Good news: TETCO is telling customers it’s ready to increase pressure and flows the second PHMSA gives the OK, and there’s no remaining issues to be resolved. A ramp-up to full pressure could come soon–in July or August instead of September.
Read More “TETCO Pipeline Ready to Restore Full Pressure Any Time”

Enbridge’s Texas Eastern Transmission (TETCO) pipeline is a major conduit for Marcellus/Utica gas to flow southward, all the way to the Gulf Coast. It is a vital link south, especially since Equitrans’ Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) won’t be ready until the middle of 2022. Unfortunately the Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) has denied TETCO approval to continue operating at its maximum allowable pressure, which means roughly 3/4 of a billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of capacity is now gone for the foreseeable future. That equals some 40% of the pipeline’s southbound capacity.
Read More “PHMSA Forces TETCO Pipe to Throttle 40% of M-U Southbound Gas”

In February the Democrat-controlled Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) said it would accept comments from the public on whether or not the Commission should willy nilly shut down a legally permitted, already built, and successfully running compressor station in Weymouth, Massachusetts (see FERC Considers Canceling Already Built/Running Weymouth Compressor). Nothing like changing the rules of the game after the game has already been played, right? The comments on whether to shutter the Weymouth compressor have come in fast and furious. Among those who don’t want the compressor shut down is the entire state of Maine.
Read More “Maine PUC Says Shutting Weymouth, MA Compressor a Really Bad Idea”