by Nelson Bailey | Nov 26, 2017 | Conservation, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
In “Atlantic Coast Pipeline Builder set to seize property” (Nov. 17), it says “the Atlantic Coast Pipeline has undisputed legal authority to use private land for the project,” giving the impression that because eminent domain is being used this project is necessary...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 22, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
Sierra Club is asking the Supreme Court of Virginia to require the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to review a key deal for shipping capacity on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The SCC has thus far declined to exercise its oversight authority over this arrangement,...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 20, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines, Politics of energy
BUCKHANNON – Construction on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project is expected to begin on April 1, 2018, and that is not an April Fool’s joke. Mike Cozad, a third-party contractor for ACP, came to the Upshur County Commission’s weekly meeting Thursday to provide...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 17, 2017 | Eminant Domain, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is preparing to sue uncooperative property owners to gain access to their land so it can build a 600-mile natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to North Carolina. The energy consortium, which includes Charlotte-based Duke Energy, said...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 17, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
The last two days saw two hearings about different Dominion Energy gas infrastructure projects in Southern Maryland. Tuesday night, there was a zoning permit for a compressor station Dominion wants to build near Accokeek, and Wednesday, there was a hearing to change...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 16, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
A federal judge on Thursday tapped on the brakes — at least for now — in Mountain Valley Pipeline’s effort to fast-track one of two lawsuits against hundreds of landowners seeking to use eminent domain to gain easements for construction of its more than 300-mile...
