Columbia Gas to Seal Off Useless WV Storage Well
Published Date: 1/22/2026
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Summary
Columbia Gas Transmission wants to shut down and safely plug one of its old gas storage wells in West Virginia because it barely helps with gas delivery. This $1 million project will keep things safe without messing with gas service for customers. If you want to speak up or get involved, you’ve got until the set deadline to do so!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Planned plugging of Storage Well 4646
Columbia Gas Transmission plans to plug and abandon injection/withdrawal storage Well 4646 at the Victory A Storage Field in Wetzel County, West Virginia. The company says the well contributes a negligible amount to total deliverability and that plugging it will limit integrity risk under the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Storage Final Rule. The project is estimated to cost $1,054,400, and Columbia states it will not affect the current quality of service to its storage customers.
Deadline to protest, intervene, or comment
You may file a protest, motion to intervene, or comment about this project at no cost by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 17, 2026. If no protest is filed (or a protest is withdrawn within 30 days after the protest deadline), the proposed activity will be deemed authorized the day after the protest period ends; if a protest is filed and not withdrawn within 30 days, the Commission will consider the request. Filings may be made electronically via FERC eFiling or by mail, and the Office of Public Participation can help at (202) 502-6595.
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