Virginia

FERC this week granted Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC’s request to start work on six laydown yards and dozens of access roads in five West Virginia counties.

FERC has approved limited tree felling activities for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), a step forward for a project that continues to encounter vocal pushback from opposition groups and is still seeking final approval on some state-level permits.

An Antero Midstream Partners LP subsidiary has reached a settlement with two West Virginia environmental groups that resolves their appeal of permits for a 60,000 barrels/day wastewater treatment facility in Doddridge County that will require the company to monitor more closely for radioactivity there.

Virginia regulators conditionally approved a state water quality permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) Tuesday, marking another step forward for the controversial 600-mile, 1.5 Bcf/d natural gas pipeline.

The Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) cleared a key regulatory hurdle this week, when the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) waived the state’s water quality certification (WQC) requirement for the project.

Natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica shales could find a steady home in the South, where the fuel continues to account for a larger share of power generation, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Tuesday in a Today in Energy post.

Natural gas continues to expand the power generation stack in the South, where the fuel accounted for 42% of electricity generation last year and far exceeded the national average of 34%, the Energy Information Administration said Tuesday in a Today in Energy post.

Columbia Gas Transmission LLC’s WB XPress Project was issued a FERC certificate Friday to allow a 1.3 Bcf/d expansion in West Virginia and Virginia to move forward.

The proposed Atlantic Coast (ACP) and Mountain Valley (MVP) pipelines have secured FERC certificates but continue to encounter pushback at the state level, with opposition groups looking to regulators in West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina to put a halt to the projects.