Ohio Gas Storage Upgrade: $14M Wells Get Green Light?
Published Date: 1/2/2026
Notice
Summary
Columbia Gas Transmission wants to build two new storage wells and some pipeline lines in Medina County, Ohio, to make their gas storage work better. This $14 million project won’t change the size of the storage field but will help them use more of it efficiently. If you’re interested, you have until a set deadline to speak up or protest before the project moves forward.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Project Automatically Authorized Without Protest
If no protest is filed by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 27, 2026, or if a protest is filed and then withdrawn within 30 days after that time, the proposed Medina New Drills Project will be deemed authorized effective the day after the protest deadline.
Intervenor Status Needed To Appeal
You must file a motion to intervene by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 27, 2026 (per Rule 214) to obtain party status; only intervenors have the right to request rehearing of Commission orders in this proceeding and to later challenge those orders in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal.
New Storage Wells Planned in Medina County
Columbia Gas Transmission proposes to construct two new injection/withdrawal storage wells (wells 12651 and 12652), two associated storage field lines, and appurtenant facilities in the Medina Storage Field in Medina County, Ohio. The project is estimated to cost approximately $14 million, will allow use of a larger area of the storage reservoir and improve operational efficiencies, and will not change the certificated physical parameters of the storage field.
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