Environmentalists call on US FERC to halt Atlantic Coast project work after ruling

摘要

A day after the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit struck down another permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, environmentalists called on the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to halt work on the natural gas project, and some analysts are also suggesting such a temporary halt is possible. The 600-mile, 1.5 Bcf/d pipeline project, stretching from Harrison County, West Virginia, to Virginia and North Carolina, is part of a batch of projects totaling 6.5 Bcf/d in capacity that would take Appalachian supply to downstream markets in the Mid-Atlantic region. S&P Global Platts Analytics is currently tracking over 10.5 GW of gas-fired generation in North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland that is scheduled to come online by the start of 2025. Some 4 GW of gas-fired generation has already entered service in the three states since the beginning of 2017.