Project Updates
FERC Approves Williams Expansion in Georgia
In August , the FERC approved Williams ’ application to expand the Transco pipeline to provide additional natural gas service to utility companies and a municipal entity in northwest Georgia . The Dalton Expansion project is designed to deliver natural gas to an existing electric generating facility in northern Georgia operated by Oglethorpe Power Corp ., local distribution company Atlanta Gas Light , as well as the City of Cartersville .
Atlantic Sunrise Pipe Arrives in PA
Sections of steel pipe milled for the construction of the proposed Atlantic Sunrise project are currently being manufactured and readied for the project . The pipe must be manufactured many months in advance of construction due to the long lead time associated with milling the nearly 200 miles of pipe associated with the project .
Major Project Status Report
Transco Files Gulf Connector Project
In August , Williams announced that Transco had filed an application with the FERC seeking authorization to construct a 475,000 Dth / d expansion in Texas and Louisiana to connect U . S . natural gas supplies with global liquefied natural gas ( LNG ) markets .
Constructed in two phases , the Gulf Connector project is designed to deliver 75,000 Dth / d to Freeport LNG Development , L . P .’ s liquefaction project by the second half of 2018 , and 400,000 Dth / d to Cheniere Energy ’ s Corpus Christi liquefaction terminal in 2019 .
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New Project Planned to Enhance NY Deliveries
Gulf Connector Filed with FERC Aug . 16
Transco this year intends to file an application for a project to expand service to New York City for the 2019 / 2020 winter heating season . The proposed Northeast Supply Enhancement project is being designed to provide customers with access to an additional 400,000 Dth / d of natural gas .
The project was pre-filed with FERC in May 2016 ( Docket No . PF16-5 ). Williams intends to file a Certificate Application with FERC in the spring of 2017 .
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