FERC on Thursday approved separate natural gas projects, including by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC (Transco) and Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC (TGP), that would expand deliveries to the Gulf Coast and Northeast.

Transco, a Williams subsidiary, received the green light for its Texas to Louisiana Energy Pathway to serve rising demand for LNG from the Gulf Coast. The project received a positive environmental assessment in June. Transco plans to build a compressor station near Houston in Fort Bend County and it would modify existing stations in Hardin and Victoria counties. 

Construction is expected to start later this year, with a targeted in-service date in early 2025.

Two Federal Energy Regulatory Commission members voted in favor of a certificate (No. CP22-495)....