Dominion Power says they’ve made no decision to expand the Atlantic Coast Pipeline into South Carolina. Last week the AP obtained a recording of Dominion executive Dan Weekly telling people at an energy conference that “everybody knows” the pipeline won’t stop in North Carolina.
A spokesman for Dominion says Weekly’s comments came in response to a question at the conference about the possibility of future expansion.
Construction on the initial pipeline hasn’t started yet. Dominion is still waiting for final approval from regulators to run natural gas from West Virginia, through Virginia, and end in North Carolina.
93% of the gas has already been spoken for by Dominion Power and Duke Energy. Thomas Hadwin is a former utility executive who’s spoken against the pipeline. He speculates that an expansion into South Carolina could mean the two companies are afraid there isn’t enough demand for the energy in Virginia and North Carolina.
Radio IQ – Mallory Noe-Payne – 10.02.2017
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