Gas company wants to tweak pipelines; comment by deadline or forever hold peace
Published Date: 10/8/2026
Notice
Summary
Eastern Shore Natural Gas is planning a big upgrade to its pipelines in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, including building new loops and replacing old pipes. This $75 million project will boost gas delivery for local utilities and customers, with new facilities and some old parts being removed. If you want to have a say, you need to act before the intervention deadline set by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Adds 15,800 dekatherms/day capacity
Eastern Shore says the Project is fully subscribed and will provide 15,800 dekatherms per day of incremental firm transportation service to Easton Utilities Commission and Chesapeake Utilities Corporation—Delaware Division at negotiated rates. Eastern Shore estimates the Project cost at $75,130,000. The service increase is explicitly intended for those two named utilities.
Construction, replacements, and abandonments planned
Eastern Shore proposes to build multiple pipeline loops and replacements: a 2.55-mile, 24-inch Parkesburg-Daleville Loop (Chester County, PA); replace ~1.6 miles of 6-inch Tidewater Line with 16-inch pipe (New Castle County, DE); a 5.05-mile, 16-inch Harrington Loop (Kent County, DE); a 1.85-mile, 24-inch Barksdale Loop (Cecil County, MD); and to abandon about two miles of the Tidewater Line in New Castle County, DE. The proposal also includes removing and reconstructing meter/regulator facilities (North Bridgeville M&R Station in Sussex County, DE) and associated aboveground valve facilities.
Public can intervene — deadline Oct 26, 2026
Any person (individuals, organizations, businesses, municipalities) may file a motion to intervene with no fee; the intervention deadline is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 26, 2026. Intervenors gain party status and the rights to request rehearing of Commission orders and to challenge those orders in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal.
State water quality certifications required
Eastern Shore states that Clean Water Act section 401 water quality certifications are required for the project from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the Maryland Department of the Environment, and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. Eastern Shore must submit copies of requests for certification and either the agencies' decisions or evidence of waiver to the Commission when available.
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