New Pipeline Planned to Fuel Pennsylvania Power Plant
Published Date: 9/11/2025
Notice
Summary
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation wants to build a new 7.26-mile pipeline and related facilities in Pennsylvania to deliver more natural gas—up to 205,000 dekatherms daily—to the Shippingport Power Station. This $57.3 million project aims to boost energy transport and service in the area. People have until a set deadline to speak up or protest before the plan moves forward.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Local landowners: protest by Nov 7, 2025
If you live in the area of the proposed Shippingport Lateral Project in Beaver and Mercer Counties, Pennsylvania, you can file a protest, motion to intervene, or comment by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on November 7, 2025. The project would construct about 7.26 miles of 24-inch pipeline to deliver up to 205,000 dekatherms per day to the Shippingport Power Station at an estimated cost of $57,300,000. If no protest is filed within the allowed time or if a protest is filed and withdrawn within 30 days after the allowed time, the proposed activity is deemed authorized the day after the time allowed for protest.
No fee and help to participate
There is no fee or cost to file a protest, motion to intervene, or comment on this FERC docket. The Commission's Office of Public Participation offers help to the public, including landowners, community organizations, and Tribal members, and provides phone and email assistance for filing.
Intervenor status gives legal rights
Only parties that file a timely motion to intervene can request rehearing of Commission orders in this proceeding and later challenge those orders in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal. Filing a comment alone does not make you a party.
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