The MVP Southgate pipeline would bring more natural gas into North Carolina on a shorter route. Opponents say that means it needs fresh federal approval.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which oversees the project spanning 11 West Virginia and six Virginia counties, found Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC, the joint venture behind the project, “provided sufficient support” for its revised cost of service and rates to recover increased capital costs.
Democratic congressional leaders’ apparent pledge to push for completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline gives new life to a proposed 75-mile extension that would move 375 million cubic feet of