Virginia

Backers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) in conference call with reporters Thursday re-emphasized “the urgent public need” for the project, pushing back against a public debate that has tended to focus on protests and regulatory procedure.

A group of 16 leading Democratic and Republican lawmakers from West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina urged FERC in a letter Tuesday to approve the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP).

FERC issued a favorable environmental assessment (EA) Friday for Columbia Gas Transmission LLC’s proposed 1.3 million Dth/d WB XPress Project in Virginia and West Virginia.

A Virginia conservation agency is proposing a set of conditions for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) as the project looks to cross several easements under the agency’s watch.

The West Virginia House Judiciary Committee has rewritten a bill that would have exempted 29,000 oil and natural gas industry storage tanks from a 2014 law aimed at better protecting public water supplies.

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Perriello said Wednesday he opposes construction of two major natural gas pipeline projects planned for the state, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC (ACP) and the Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC (MVP).

Dominion Resources Inc. said Monday it plans to change its name to Dominion Energy Inc. later this year, and it unveiled a new logo in a rebranding effort to reflect the company’s focus on a changing energy marketplace.

A judge on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that a dispute between a unit of Norway’s Statoil ASA and four counties over nearly $7 million in property taxes the company claims it overpaid must be handled in the county court system.

Several parties are close to a deal that would see an industrial customer in central Virginia tap into natural gas from the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC (ACP), laying the groundwork for future development along the pipeline’s route as it continues to seek regulatory approval.