Texas Gas Boost: New Compressor Station Gets Green Light for Comments
Published Date: 1/27/2025
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Summary
Northern Natural Gas Company wants to build a powerful new compressor station in Texas to boost their gas pipeline’s capacity by 87,000 dekatherms per day. This $36.1 million project will help deliver more natural gas to customers and is already fully booked. If you want to speak up or get involved, you’ve got until the set deadline to file your protest or join the conversation!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Public Filing Rights and Deadline
Any person may file a protest, motion to intervene, or comment on this project with no filing fee by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 18, 2025. If no protest is filed within the allowed time (or a protest is withdrawn within 30 days after the allowed time), the proposed activity is deemed authorized the day after the protest period; only intervenors may request rehearing and later challenge Commission orders in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal.
New Texas Compressor Adds Pipeline Capacity
Northern Natural Gas wants to build an 11,152‑horsepower compressor station in Andrews County, Texas that will add 87,000 dekatherms per day of firm natural gas capacity to its TXM15501 pipeline. The project is estimated to cost $36.1 million and the new capacity is reported as fully subscribed.
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