Revolution Pipeline

Energy Transfer Affiliate Charged with Environmental Crimes for 2018 Revolution Gas Pipe Explosion

Energy Transfer Affiliate Charged with Environmental Crimes for 2018 Revolution Gas Pipe Explosion

The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s (AG) office has filed nine counts of environmental crimes against a subsidiary of Energy Transfer LP for its alleged failure to properly oversee construction of the Revolution Pipeline, which ruptured and exploded in 2018. AG Josh Shapiro said a statewide grand jury investigation found that ETC Northeast Pipeline LLC allegedly ignored…

February 3, 2022
Revolution Natural Gas System Cleared for Restart After Agreement with Regulators

Revolution Natural Gas System Cleared for Restart After Agreement with Regulators

The natural gas gathering Revolution Pipeline in Western Pennsylvania has been cleared to restart service after operator ETC Northeast Pipeline LLC reached a settlement with the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) addressing safety concerns over slope stability. The settlement, a consent order and agreement that requires ETC to pay a $125,000 civil penalty, allows…

March 3, 2021
Pennsylvania Halts Energy Transfer’s Ramp of Revolution Natural Gas Pipeline

Pennsylvania Halts Energy Transfer’s Ramp of Revolution Natural Gas Pipeline

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has ordered an affiliate of Energy Transfer LP not to fill the Revolution Pipeline with natural gas over ongoing concerns about unstable sections of the system more than two years after it ruptured and exploded in Beaver County.  Last month, ETC Northeast Pipeline LLC notified DEP that it…

November 13, 2020
Energy Transfer Ordered to Fix Violations After Revolution Pipeline Explosion

Energy Transfer Ordered to Fix Violations After Revolution Pipeline Explosion

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has ordered an Energy Transfer LP (ET) affiliate to stop all work and “immediately” stabilize disturbed areas and repair erosion controls after several violations were discovered during the investigation of the Revolution Pipeline explosion.

October 31, 2018