Kentucky Gas Pipeline Proposal Comes With a $95 Million Price Tag
Published Date: 11/6/2026
Notice
Summary
Columbia Gulf Transmission wants to build a new 8.7-mile pipeline and related facilities in Kentucky to deliver natural gas to East Kentucky Power’s J.K. Smith plant. The project will cost about $95 million and aims to provide steady gas service starting soon. If you’re interested, you have a deadline to speak up or get involved before the project moves forward.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
New Pipeline to Feed Power Plant
Columbia Gulf proposes to build an 8.68-mile, 30-inch-diameter pipeline in Estill and Clark Counties, Kentucky to provide about 250,000 dekatherms per day of firm natural gas transportation to East Kentucky Power Cooperative’s J.K. Smith electric generation plant. The company estimates the Project will cost $95,204,268.
Pipeline Rate Treatment Request
Columbia Gulf says it will apply its existing FTS-1 base system reservation and commodity rates to the Project and asks the Commission for a predetermination of rolled-in rate treatment. In other words, the company proposes to use current tariff rates and to include the Project in system-wide (rolled-in) rate treatment.
Deadline to Intervene and Comment
If you want to become a formal party in the FERC proceeding (which is required to request rehearing or to later challenge Commission orders in court), you must file a motion to intervene by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on November 24, 2026. Filing comments or motions to intervene is free; comments may be filed by eComment, eFiling, or paper submission as described in the notice.
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