Dominion, Duke propose $5B natural gas pipeline
Source: AP-EXCITE
By JONATHAN FAHEY
NEW YORK (AP) — Dominion Resources, Duke Energy and other partners are proposing a $5 billion natural gas pipeline to connect the Southeast with the prodigious supplies of natural gas being produced in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.
Gas is being relied upon to generate more of the nation's electricity in recent years because enormous new domestic supplies have drastically lowered its price and because natural gas burns cleaner than the nation's other most important fuel for electric power, coal.
The 550-mile project, called the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, would begin in Harrison County, West Virginia and stretch through Virginia and North Carolina to Robeson County, near the South Carolina border. It's designed to tap the rapidly growing supplies of gas produced in two geologic formations, known as the Marcellus and Utica shales, that are now accounting for more than a quarter of the nation's natural gas. In the past, the Southeast has received nearly all of its gas from more traditional gas-producing states of Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma.
Utilities prefer having diverse sources of fuel to reduce shortages and price spikes that can arise in terms of high demand, such as hot summers or cold winters. Also, demand for natural gas for electric power generation, heating and manufacturing is expected to continue to rise.
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More Natural Gas Coming to NC
August, 2014 - In last month's post, we discussed the apparent transition toward natural gas as the preferred fuel choice for new power plants in NC. As we discussed, that transition is driven primarily by the relative abundance of natural gas from shale in places like Pennsylvania.
North Carolina's access to natural gas is currently provided by the Transco interstate pipeline that runs northward from Texas to New York. Duke Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas recently announced plans to build a second, $4 billion, 427 mile natural gas pipeline that runs southward from Pennsylvania to eastern North Carolina. We understand that some pipeline companies are already contacting property owners (including some Wake Electric members) along multiple possible routes.
http://www.wemc.com/NaturalGasinNC.aspx
The public meetings are proving to be a joke on the public. Time for me to die when they ruin my beloved state. I'm sick and sad. And I hate my crooked governor and his crooked cronies.
