Northern Gas Eyes Massive Midwest Pipeline Expansion
Published Date: 5/5/2026
Notice
Summary
Northern Natural Gas Company wants to build new pipelines and upgrade compressor stations in Nebraska and Iowa to deliver more natural gas—about 535,360 dekatherms daily! The project will cost around $188 million, and the company plans to spread these costs across all customers. If you’re interested or affected, you’ve got until the intervention deadline to speak up or get involved.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Expansion Costs Passed to Customers
Northern Natural Gas proposes a $187,545,623 pipeline and compressor expansion and asks to recover those costs through a "rolled-in" rate treatment, meaning the company would spread the expansion costs across all customers. The project is designed to deliver 535,360 dekatherms per day of additional firm service and Northern explicitly proposes rolling the expansion costs into customer rates.
Construction in Nebraska and Iowa Counties
The Project would build and modify pipeline segments and compressor facilities in various counties in Nebraska and Iowa, including 9.03 miles of 20-inch loop, 14.64 miles of 30-inch branch line, a 2.48-mile extension, a 9.83-mile uprate, modification of five compressor stations, and a new 20,500-horsepower gas-driven compressor station. If you are a landowner, resident, or ratepayer in the affected counties of Nebraska or Iowa, the construction and related aboveground facilities may involve your property or community.
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