Gas Pipeline Rush to Fuel Coal Plant's Green Switch in Texas
Published Date: 8/6/2026
Notice
Summary
Gulf South Pipeline Company wants to build a new 16-mile pipeline in Texas to help deliver natural gas to a power plant switching from coal to gas. This $46.8 million project will boost energy supply for Southwestern Electric Power Company and needs approval soon. If you want to speak up or protest, you’ve got a deadline to meet!
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Automatic Authorization If No Timely Protest
If no protest is filed by the deadline or a filed protest is withdrawn within 30 days after the protest period, the proposed activity is deemed authorized the day after the protest period ends. If a protest is filed and not withdrawn within 30 days after the protest period, the Commission will consider the request.
New 16.11‑Mile Pipeline in Texas
Gulf South seeks permission to build about 16.11 miles of 16‑inch pipeline in Titus County, Texas to serve Southwestern Electric Power Company’s Welsh Power Plant. The project would create 277,500 dekatherms per day of lateral capacity and has an estimated cost of $46.8 million.
Deadline To Protest or Intervene
If you want to file a protest, motion to intervene, or comment about this project, you must do so by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 2, 2026. There is no fee to file, and filings must reference docket number CP26-557-000.
Intervenor Rights And Timing Rules
Anyone may file a motion to intervene by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 2, 2026; timely, unopposed motions are automatically granted. Only intervenors can seek rehearing of Commission orders and later challenge them in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal, while late motions must show good cause.
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