Operations of the hotly contested East Coast natural gas pipeline can begin, regulators say
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A hotly contested East Coast natural gas pipeline was given the go-ahead Tuesday to start operating, six years after construction began at more than double its original estimated cost. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline project across rugged mountainsides in West Virginia and Virginia over longstanding objections from environmental groups, landowners and some elected officials. “We are pleased with the agencies’ decisions and the related communications regarding in-service authorization for the MVP project,” Natalie Cox, a spokesperson for the pipeline’s leading developer, Equitrans Midstream Corp., said in a statement Tuesday night. On Monday, the pipeline developers told FERC in a filing that multiple shippers were prepared to start the flow of gas along the pipeline, “which further heightens the need to prompt authorization to meet market demands.” First proposed in 2015, the pipeline’s route includes 11 counties in West Virginia, six in Virginia and three compressor stations in West Virginia.
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