Gas Pipeline Rush: Powering AI Data Centers in New Mexico
Published Date: 2/17/2026
Notice
Summary
Transwestern Pipeline Company wants to build a new 17.77-mile natural gas pipeline in New Mexico to deliver gas for an AI data center’s electricity needs. The project will cost about $60 million and could bring big energy boosts to Green Chile Ventures. If you want to speak up or get involved, you’ve got a deadline to protest or intervene soon!
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Project Deemed Authorized If No Timely Protest
If no protest is filed by the protest deadline (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 13, 2026), or if any filed protest is withdrawn within 30 days after the allowed time for filing protests, the proposed activity will be deemed authorized effective the day after the protest period ends.
Intervenors Keep Legal Challenge Rights
Only parties that intervene in the proceeding have the right to request rehearing of Commission orders and later challenge those orders in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal. To have those rights, you must file a motion to intervene by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 13, 2026.
Deadline to Protest or Intervene
You can file a protest, motion to intervene, or comment about the Transwestern Green Chile Project at no cost, but you must do so by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 13, 2026. If you want to be a formal party in the case (an intervenor), you must file a motion to intervene by that same deadline.
Filing Is Free — No Fee Required
There is no fee or cost to file a protest, motion to intervene, or comment on this project. You can submit these filings electronically via FERC's eFiling or by paper using the addresses in the notice.
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