# 2026-16065: Gas Pipeline Rush to Fuel Coal Plant's Green Switch in Texas

2026-16065, Gulf South Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization and Establishing Intervention and Protest Deadline, is a Federal Register notice from Energy Department, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission published 2026-08-06; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-13).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16065
- As of: 2026-08-13
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-16065
- Title: Gulf South Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization and Establishing Intervention and Protest Deadline
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Energy Department; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Citation: 91 FR 50828
- Published: 2026-08-06
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-13

## In one line

Gas Pipeline Rush to Fuel Coal Plant's Green Switch in Texas

## 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!

## Effects PRIA read

- New 16.11‑Mile Pipeline in Texas: mixed, low. 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: benefit, low. 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.
- Automatic Authorization If No Timely Protest: cost, medium. If no protest is filed by the deadline or a filed protest is withdrawn within 30 days after the protest period, the proposed activity is deemed authorized the day after the protest period ends. If a protest is filed and not withdrawn within 30 days after the protest period, the Commission will cons…
- Intervenor Rights And Timing Rules: benefit, low. 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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## Sources
- [2026-16065 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/06/2026-16065/gulf-south-pipeline-company-llc-notice-of-request-under-blanket-authorization-and-establishing)
- [2026-16065 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-06/pdf/2026-16065.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16065 (as of 2026-08-13).