New York Gas Firm Plans to Shut Down Aging Wells
Published Date: 1/29/2025
Notice
Summary
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation wants to shut down two old gas wells and their pipelines in Erie County, New York, because they don’t work well anymore. This cleanup project will cost about $800,000 but won’t affect gas service for customers. If you want to speak up or protest, you need to do it by the set deadline!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Two Gas Wells to Be Plugged in Erie County
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation proposes to plug and abandon two injection/withdrawal wells (CW1051 and CW1367) and associated well lines in the Colden Storage Field in Erie County, New York. The company estimates the cleanup will cost about $800,000 and states the project will not result in abandonment or a decrease in gas service to its customers.
Public Filing Deadline and Participation Rights
You can file a protest, motion to intervene, or comment about this project for free; submissions must be made by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on March 14, 2025. If no protest is filed within the time allowed (or a protest is filed and withdrawn within 30 days after the allowed time), the proposed activity may be deemed authorized the day after the protest deadline; timely, unopposed motions to intervene are automatically granted.
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