Kinder Morgan's subsidiary Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (TGP) has filed a certificate application with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for its proposed Northeast Energy Direct Project (NED). The US$5bn project will expand TGP's existing pipeline system in Pennsylvania, New York and New England, connecting low-cost natural gas supplies from northern Pennsylvania to New York and New England markets. The project will comprise two components, the Supply Path and the Market Path. The 214 km long Supply Path will have a capacity of 1.2 bcf/d (34 mcm/d or more than 12 bcm/year) and will connect TGP’s existing 300 Line system in northern Pennsylvania to an interconnection with TGP’s 200 Line system and Iroquois Gas Transmission System at Wright, New York. The 302 km Market path will have a transmission capacity of 1.3 bcf/d (37 mcm/d or more than 13 bcm/year), extending from Wright, New York, to Dracut, Massachusetts with five delivery laterals in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and one pipeline loop in Connecticut. Pending approval, TGP plans to start construction in January 2017 with commissioning in November 2018.