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Energy Updates

Jul 9, 2020

Dominion Cancels Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Sells Gas Transmission Assets

The Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) has been the center of discussion in recent weeks following a Supreme Court decision that allowed the...

Jun 18, 2020

SCOTUS Decision Revives Stalled Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline has managed to jump a significant hurdle in the way of completion. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP)...

May 28, 2020

PUC Clarifies Mariner East 1 ‘Remaining Life’ Settlement and Public Reporting

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission last week clarified sections of a March tentative order that requires Sunoco to conduct a...

May 14, 2020

Use of Federal Water-Crossing Permit for Pipelines Suspended

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has suspended a nationwide permit program used to approve work on pipeline and other utility projects...

Mar 26, 2020

Pennsylvania Man Charged With Falsification of Mariner East Pipeline Document

The Mariner East pipeline project, already the subject of large civil penalties and state and federal investigations into possible...

Jan 16, 2020

DEP Imposes $30.6 Million Penalty for Beaver County Pipeline Explosion

Energy Transfer Partners will pay a $30.6 million civil penalty imposed by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection in...

Jan 9, 2020

Pipelines Under New Regulations per PHMSA’s “Mega Rule”

The federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has published a new set of regulations for midstream...

Dec 12, 2019

Pa. to Texas: ATEX Pipeline is Expanding

Transporting natural gas can be complicated, particularly from one end of the country to the other. In order to move gas such distances,...

Aug 29, 2019

Governor Wolf met by Mariner East Opponents

Gov. Tom Wolf has made Pennsylvania’s energy industry a key focus of his administration. However, while some plans proposed by the...

Aug 29, 2019

DEP Audit Finds Beaver County Agency had Poor Oversight of Two Major Pipeline Projects

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources recently revoked some of the Beaver County Conservation District’s permitting...

Aug 1, 2019

Increase in Wastewater Pipelines Raises Regulation Questions

Natural gas companies are looking for better, more efficient ways to transport and dispose of contaminated wastewater used in the...

Jun 26, 2019

Regulation and Oversight of Pipelines Carrying Natural Gas Liquids

Regulators and legislators are taking a new look at regulation of the pipelines that carry highly valuable gas liquids from the fracking...

Jun 26, 2019

Pennsylvania Takes Steps to Strengthen Gas Liquids Pipeline Safety Rules

As gas liquids pipeline construction has increased dramatically across Pennsylvania, the state Public Utility Commission (PUC) is now...

Jun 19, 2019

Wasted Energy: Texas’ Surplus of NG Emphasizes Need for Pipeline Infrastructure

Texas is home to the second-largest natural gas producing shale basin in the United States: the 86,000 square mile Permian basin. Though...

Jun 6, 2019

Stressed Out: What Causes Pipelines to Degrade

Shale gas production over the past several years has caused a flurry of activity and generated a significant amount of physical...

May 2, 2019

Report Finds Devaluation of Homes Near Pipelines

A recent study indicates that homes built near and around pipelines face potential devaluation. Published in the journal Resource and...

May 2, 2019

Report Finds Devaluation of Homes Near Pipelines

A recent study indicates that homes built near and around pipelines face potential devaluation. Published in the journal Resource and...

Apr 24, 2019

Bill to Streamline U.S. LNG Exports Reintroduced to Senate

The United States is exporting more liquid natural gas (LNG) than ever before. Data from the Department of Energy show that LNG exports...

Apr 11, 2019

Sunoco Settles Suit with Chester County Residents out of Court

Sunoco and parent company Energy Transfer will not have to appear before a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas to defend themselves...

Mar 26, 2019

PA Residents Ask SCOTUS to Review Pipeline Company’s Use of Eminent Domain

A Lancaster County, Pennsylvania couple is trying to take their case to the highest court in the country. The issue at hand: whether...

The latest energy news with an emphasis on southwestern Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.