# 2026-16436: A Nearly Empty Alabama Gas Pipeline Could Cost $47 Million

2026-16436, Dauphin Island Gathering Partners; Notice of Application and Establishing Intervention Deadline, is a Federal Register notice from Energy Department, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission published 2026-08-12, effective Intervention Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 6, 2026. (as of 2026-10-28).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2026-16436
- Title: Dauphin Island Gathering Partners; Notice of Application and Establishing Intervention Deadline
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Energy Department; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Citation: 91 FR 52052
- Published: 2026-08-12
- Effective: Intervention Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 6, 2026.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-28

## In one line

A Nearly Empty Alabama Gas Pipeline Could Cost $47 Million

## Summary

Dauphin Island Gathering Partners wants to shut down their entire natural gas pipeline system from offshore Alabama to Mobile Bay because the gas reserves are running out and keeping it open isn’t worth the cost. This project will cost about $47 million and affects anyone using their gas transportation services. If you want to speak up or get involved, you need to act before the deadline set by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

## Effects PRIA read

- Company seeks to abandon entire gas pipeline system: cost, high. Dauphin Island Gathering Partners filed to abandon its entire Dauphin Island System, about 119.33 miles of 20- and 24-inch natural gas pipelines from Main Pass Block 164 and Main Pass Block 225 to the Mobile Bay Processing Plant near Coden, Mobile County, Alabama. The filing asks the Commission to…
- How and when to challenge or comment: benefit, low. If you want to comment, protest, or become a party to the FERC proceeding you must act by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 6, 2026. There is no fee to file comments or a motion to intervene; filings may be made via eComment, eFiling, or paper mail and intervenors gain the right to request rehearin…

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## Sources
- [2026-16436 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/12/2026-16436/dauphin-island-gathering-partners-notice-of-application-and-establishing-intervention-deadline)
- [2026-16436 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-12/pdf/2026-16436.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16436 (as of 2026-10-28).