Experts: 1 pipeline each for NC natural gas, fuel a concern
Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina is particularly susceptible to energy interruptions because gasoline and natural gas supplies originate mainly from two pipeline systems, energy industry experts told a state Senate committee Tuesday. A lack of diverse distribution and redundancy in distribution networks make widespread outages for electricity and natural gas hard to overcome quickly, whether from natural disasters or cyberattacks, said Ed Finley, the former chairman of the North Carolina Utilities Commission. Rusty Harris, a Dominion Energy vice president, said that without expanding natural gas being piped into North Carolina, the utility may have to look to creating more storage facilities to plan for an interruption. Sen. Paul Newton, a Cabarrus County Republican, retired Duke Energy executive and committee member, said during the meeting he was concerned that natural gas production limitations in North Carolina could stunt the state’s economic growth.
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