Press Mention E&E News / Politico Pro December 18, 2025
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FERC advances Southeast gas pipeline project
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved Mountain Valley Pipeline's request to amend the MVP Southgate pipeline certificate, shortening the project from 75 miles to 31 miles while increasing diameter to 30 inches. FERC determined the project demonstrates adequate need and will provide 175,000 dekatherms per day of additional capacity with fewer environmental impacts than originally planned. The article does not mention SACE or any clean energy advocacy organizations.
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FERC advances Southeast gas pipeline project
Regulators approved a request to shorten the length of the proposed MVP Southgate pipeline.
By:
Carlos Anchondo
| 12/19/2025 06:44 AM EST
ENERGYWIRE | Federal regulators agreed Thursday to amend the certificate for Mountain Valley's Southgate pipeline — a victory for developers and a blow to opponents who cast doubt on a need for the natural gas project.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's decision approved Mountain Valley's request to shorten the pipeline's length from 75 miles down to 31 miles, while increasing the diameter of the project to 30 inches. It had been set to be a mixture of 16-inch and 24-inch diameter pipe.
FERC — which in 2020 blessed the project now known as MVP Southgate — said Thursday that Mountain Valley has demonstrated a need for the pipeline. The project would extend the existing Mountain Valley pipeline into North Carolina.
"The amendment is a great story of efficiency," FERC Chair Laura Swett said Thursday during the commission open meeting. "The project is going to provide 175,000 dekatherms a day more capacity, at less than half the original length and with substantially fewer water crossings and fewer environmental impacts, than the original plan."