The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the Atlantic Sunrise expansion project developed by Williams Partners.
The project will consist of approximately 322 km of pipelines, including 298 km of new gas pipelines in Pennsylvania; new gas pipelines will be built from the northern part of the Transco system to markets along the Eastern Seaboard. The project is expected to increase gas deliveries by 1.7 bcf/d (48 mcm/d or 17.5 bcm/year). Construction on the Central Penn Line, the greenfield portion of the project, is targeted to start in the third quarter of 2017, which would allow the full project capacity to be placed into service in mid-2018. Total investment is estimated at nearly US$3bn.
Source: Williams Partners