by Nelson Bailey | Jun 22, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
Are You SAFE? That all depends on how close you live to the proposed pipeline route and the direction of the wind. First of all, the Nexus proposed pipeline is NOT a little 6″ line that brings gas to your house. This is a massive 36″ diameter gas transmission line...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 22, 2017 | Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
A coalition of environmental groups wants a hearing on the need for Dominion Energy’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline, claiming in a federal filing today that the justifications for the 600-mile, $5.5 billion natural gas pipeline project have “eroded, if they ever existed.”...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 22, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) and Piedmont Natural Gas want state regulators to approve an extension of gas purchase agreements they made with the Atlantic Coast Pipeline that are set to expire June 30. The agreements, signed in April 2014, can be terminated on that date...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 17, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
There is a growing political scandal in Virginia regarding the ubiquitous influence of the state’s largest energy company, Dominion Energy, and it’s raising fundamental questions about the integrity of the governor’s office and state regulators who...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 17, 2017 | Accidents, Pipelines
Federal energy regulators overseeing the development of a new interstate natural gas pipeline have announced the opening of an investigation, following the inadvertent release of about 2 million gallons of drilling fluid from a horizontal directional drill operation....
