Tulsa’s Williams company is not the only natural gas pipeline company wanting to resume efforts to build a natural gas supply into the country’s Northeast in light of President Trump’s encouragement by rolling back regulations.
Among others expressing plans to expand or build p;ipelines in the Northeast are Boardwalk Pipeline, DT Midstream and EQT. All want to take advantage of the Appalachia shale formations in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
We’ve reported in recent months how the northeast part of the country lacks facilities to increase natural gas supplies and generate more electricity. Because some of those states banned natural gas use and would not allow pipeline construction, they are behind in the siting of data centers which instead chose Midwest locations because of the availability of natural gas for electric generation.
Reuters reported the same thing this week, “While the country helps meet fuel demand around the world, many consumers in the U.S. Northeast do not have access to gas due to a lack of pipeline infrastructure and instead continue to use heating oil in their homes and businesses.”
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