$75M Gas Boost for Kansas Power Plant Pipeline Push
Published Date: 9/18/2026
Notice
Summary
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline wants to build new pipeline and compressor stations in Kansas to deliver more natural gas to the Evergy McNew Power Plant. This $75.5 million project aims to boost gas flow by 123,000 dekatherms daily, helping power up the region. If you’re interested, you’ve got until a set deadline to speak up or get involved!
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Intervenor Status Gives Legal Rights
If you file a timely motion to intervene you become a party to the proceeding and only intervenors have the right to request rehearing of Commission orders and to challenge those orders in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal. To obtain party status you must file your motion to intervene by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 6, 2026.
90-Day Environmental Review Timing Rule
Within 90 days of this Notice, Commission staff will either complete its environmental review and place it in the public record or issue a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If an EA or final environmental impact statement (FEIS) is issued, federal and state agencies have to complete required federal authorizations within 90 days of the FEIS or EA issuance.
File Comments or Intervene by Oct 6
You can file comments, protests, or a motion to intervene in FERC Docket CP26-572-000. There is no fee to file, and the deadline to file a motion to intervene or submit comments or protests is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 6, 2026.
Commenters Added to Environmental Mailing List
People who comment on the project's environmental review will be placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list and will receive notifications when the environmental assessment (EA) or environmental impact statement (EIS) is issued and when related meetings are scheduled. Submitting comments by the October 6, 2026 deadline will add you to that mailing list.
Project Scope, Capacity, and Cost Details
Southern Star proposes to build about 1.6 miles of 30-inch pipeline, a new Hutchinson Compressor Station with three compressor units totaling 5,700 horsepower, and one new meter station, plus ancillary changes in Harvey and Stafford Counties, Kansas. The Project is designed to provide approximately 123,000 dekatherms per day of firm natural gas transportation to the Evergy McNew Power Plant in Reno County, Kansas, and is estimated to cost $75.5 million.
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