PA DEP Issues Permits for TETCO Appalachia to Market III Pipe
Last summer, Texas Eastern Transmission Pipeline Company (aka TETCO, owned by Enbridge) filed to build the Appalachia to Market III Project, abbreviated A2M III (see TETCO Files Appalachia to Market III, Small Pipe Tweaks in PA). A2M III is designed to provide additional natural gas supply in Pennsylvania and the broader region to meet growing demand from utilities and industrial users for Marcellus gas. The A2M III Project will provide up to 32,000 dekatherms per day (32 MMcf/d) of additional firm natural gas transportation service from the Appalachian supply basin in Southwest Pennsylvania to meet the needs of two existing local distribution company customers in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Over the weekend, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) published a notice that it has issued requested water quality permits and approvals for the project. Read More “PA DEP Issues Permits for TETCO Appalachia to Market III Pipe”
Two years ago, Texas Eastern Transmission Pipeline Company (aka TETCO) filed to build the Appalachia to Market II Project (A2M II) and the Entriken HP Replacement Project (see 
We feel like it’s “peaker” day here at MDN. We have three stories that revolve around peaker gas-fired power plants. What is a peaker? It’s a gas-fired power plant that pops on and gets used only during the heaviest electric usage times, like really hot days in the summer and really cold days during the winter. “Baseload,” on the other hand, are gas plants that run constantly. LS Power, a huge power generation company that owns and operates some 50,000 megawatts (MW) of power generation, including utility-scale solar, wind, hydro, battery energy storage, and natural gas-fired facilities, announced on Friday a plan to add more than 700 MW of new electric generating capacity across Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Virginia. The plan includes promoting (upgrading) two peakers, one in PA and one in OH, to become full-time baseload plants. More yummy Marcellus and Utica gas will be required to feed these plants. 
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In September MDN brought you the news that pipeline company Enbridge is building a solar farm to provide electricity to power (in part) a Texas Eastern Transmission Pipeline Company (TETCO) compressor station in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, which is a first (see