West Virginia Storage Field Well Set for Safe Shutdown
Published Date: 2/13/2025
Notice
Summary
Columbia Gas Transmission wants to shut down one well and its pipeline at the Terra Alta Storage Field in West Virginia, spending about $775,000 to do it. If you care about this change, you have until April 8, 2025, to speak up by filing a protest or joining the discussion. This move affects local energy infrastructure but aims to keep things safe and efficient.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Project auto-approval if no protest
If no protest is filed by the April 8, 2025 deadline, or if a filed protest is withdrawn within 30 days after the allowed time for filing, the proposed abandonment will be deemed authorized effective the day after the protest deadline. A protest may also serve as a motion to intervene if the filer states they seek intervenor status.
Planned abandonment at Terra Alta Field
On January 30, 2025, Columbia Gas Transmission filed to abandon one injection/withdrawal well, its connecting pipeline, and appurtenant facilities at the Terra Alta Storage Field in Preston County, West Virginia. The company estimates the project will cost $775,000.
Public comment and intervention deadline
Anyone may file a protest, motion to intervene, or comment about this project at no cost. The deadline to file protests, motions to intervene, and comments is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 8, 2025.
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