Another Utility Halts New NY Gas Service As Feeder Pipelines Remain in Limbo

摘要

The freeze on new gas service in the Northeast continues to spread thanks to a dearth of incoming pipeline capacity,heightening concerns of peak-day shortages in some of the coldest US markets. Last week,National Grid said it is accepting new gas service applications in New York City and on Long Island but won't perform any actual hookups until the state gives a $1 billion,23.5 mile feeder pipeline a key permit. That indefinite delay is part of a rapidly escalating problem in a region where gas demand is growing in highly populated areas but pipeline projects to serve those markets have been repeatedly stalled or blocked.Some politicians and industry officials warn that severe winter shortfalls are inevitable if something doesn't change. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line's Northeast Supply Enhancement(NESE)pipeline is at the center of the National Grid decision.Earlier,this month,the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the 400 million cubic feet per day project into National Grid's territory(NGW May 13’19).