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34-525: The five founding energy partners of PennEast Pipeline consortium are Southern Company Gas , NJR Pipeline Company , South Jersey Industries , Spectra Energy Partners and UGI Energy Services . In order for construction on the pipeline to begin, several legal barriers must be crossed. The PennEast Pipeline Company must secure permits from several governing bodies, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC),

68-571: A 34,000 mile distribution system that is part of a network of eight interstate pipelines. AGL Resources acquired Nicor Inc. in merger, which was completed in December 2011. Virginia Natural Gas was founded in 1850 and provides natural gas service to more than 275,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in southeastern Virginia. It serves the communities of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Hampton, Newport News, Williamsburg, and Hanover Counties. The company continues to be one of

102-474: A considerable public pushback regarding the proposal for the pipeline. The first community meetings were organized by Berks Gas Truth. The most vocal have formed the group Stop the PennEast Pipeline. This group has created a website encouraging residents of the affected towns (see the ‘Route’ section above) to argue against the project. On this website, they propose that the pipeline is not needed, and

136-584: A half a million residential, small business, large commercial and industrial customers in several states. Elizabethtown Gas was founded in 1855 and is headquartered in Union, New Jersey . It delivers service to more than 277,000 residential, business and industrial natural gas customers in New Jersey, making it he state's smallest energy provider. The utility serves Union, Middlesex, Sussex, Warren, Hunterdon, Morris and Mercer counties. In 2004, Elizabethtown Gas

170-600: A private company did not have the rights to exercise eminent domain on state property. In the United States Supreme Court case PennEast Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey , decided in June 2021, the Court affirmed that PennEast had been properly delegated the power of eminent domain from the federal government, to which by their nature, states had agreed to upon joining the union. An interactive map published by

204-459: A single tank. The 934-acre (3.78 km ) site was designed to accommodate a second tank of equal capacity if warranted. This plant receives supply from three pipelines and can deliver an equivalent of 400,000 Mcf/day of peak send-out to AGL's Atlanta market. Southern Company Gas also owns and operates an LNG plant in Macon, Georgia . This plant's single tank storage capacity is 18,900,000 gallons or

238-426: A study to analyze the potential environmental impact of the project. This study led them to recommend measures to reduce the effects the pipeline construction would have on the environment. These measures consist of PennEast filing many additional documents detailing the company's responses to numerous environmental and cultural concerns. The measures also include contingencies for cases in which rare animal or plant life

272-512: Is Sequent Energy Management's Illinois- based brand for providing Commercial and Industrial customers’ natural gas procurement services. Founded in 1998, Nicor Enerchange is a wholesale natural gas supplier to the Midwest market. Jefferson Island Storage & Hub (JISH) is a salt dome natural gas facility and is located near Erath, Louisiana ( Vermillion and Iberia parishes). At JISH, two underground salt caverns are used to store gas before it

306-679: Is an alternative natural gas supplier offering energy plans to residential and small business customers in the Nicor Gas, Peoples Gas and the North Shore Gas service areas. Nicor Advanced Energy is certified with the Illinois Commerce Commission . Established in 1991, Nicor Solutions offers energy-related billing services for residential and small business customers. SouthStar provides natural gas supply, transportation and other related services, serving more than

340-525: Is capable of adding up to 14,400 Mcf/day into the VNG system by trucking LNG from the Chesapeake plant to the vaporization plant. Southern Company Gas retail operations include four companies that provide natural gas and offer natural gas-related services, with millions of customers in dozens of states across the U.S. Nicor Advanced Energy was established in 2004 as an unregulated affiliate of Nicor Gas . It

374-399: Is discovered that would be impacted by the construction. They concluded that their recommendations, coupled with PennEast's plans for environmental management, would sufficiently mitigate the effects. Environmental Advocacy groups remain largely unconvinced. "FERC has once again demonstrated its tremendous bias for, and partnership with, the pipeline industry," said Maya van Rossum, leader of

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408-744: Is one of the largest natural gas distribution companies in the United States. The company serves approximately 4.5 million utility customers through its regulated distribution subsidiaries across four states. Southern Company Gas made the Fortune 500 list in 2015, Forbes 2000 in 2006, and is a member of the S&;P 500 Index. In 2016, Southern Company acquired AGL Resources and renamed it Southern Company Gas . Southern Company Gas distribution operations feature four utilities that deliver natural gas to approximately 4.5 million customers and

442-745: Is put into pipelines and sent to residential and commercial customers. These caverns have a total capacity of 9.4 billion cubic feet and connect to the Henry Hub via the Sabine pipeline . Southern Company Gas owns and operates four LNG peak-shaving facilities, which supply gas at peak use times. The largest, the Riverdale LNG plant in Riverdale, Georgia , has storage capacity of 31,080,000 gallons or 2,560,000 million cubic feet (Mcf) of natural gas in its two tanks. Located south of Atlanta,

476-754: Is supplied by two pipelines and can deliver up to 90,000 Mcf/day to the Chattanooga Gas market. Southern Company Gas, through Virginia Natural Gas (VNG), also owns some storage capacity — 752,174 Mcf equivalent — in the Columbia Natural Gas Company-operated Chesapeake LNG facility. This plant is located at the end of the Columbia pipeline that supplies VNG's south system. To more fully utilize this contracted capacity, VNG constructed an LNG vaporization plant adjacent to its propane plant in 2002. This system

510-753: Is the largest component of the business. As of February 2014, the distribution operations consist of Nicor Gas in Illinois , Atlanta Gas Light in Georgia , Virginia Natural Gas in Virginia and Chattanooga Gas in Tennessee . The utilities construct, manage and maintain intrastate natural gas pipelines, distribution facilities and storage facilities. They also respond to and repair gas leaks and other requests for service and are responsible for meter reading. Most of their customers buy their natural gas directly from

544-713: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , and the Delaware River Basin Commission . Both the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania must also issue environmental permits for the project. [3] In June 2017, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection rejected a water quality permit application. The reason cited was that the PennEast Pipeline Company did not submit all of the information that the application required. The company has said that they intend to supplement

578-549: The Delaware Riverkeeper Network. Doug O'Malley, president of Environment New Jersey, called the statement by the FERC a "disaster." David Pringle , state campaign director of Clean Water Action , suggested the FERC was serving a partisan interest over the interests of the people of New Jersey, suggesting "The FERC needs to remember it works for the people of the United States not PennEast." There has been

612-565: The FERC was biased in favor of the pipeline. The court dismissed the case, however the DRN is appealing the decision. Southern Company Gas Southern Company Gas , formerly AGL Resources , is an American Fortune 500 energy services holding company headquartered in Atlanta , Georgia . The company's operations consist of natural gas distribution , wholesale services , retail operations , and midstream operations . Southern Company Gas

646-651: The PennEast consortium shows a "proposed route" noted as subject to change beginning in Luzerne County in Pennsylvania and terminating in Mercer County, New Jersey. Community organizations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey have mounted strong responses to the consortium's proposal. Pennsylvania and New Jersey counties and municipalities traversed by the proposed pipelines are listed below. In addition to

680-875: The Southern Company Gas utilities. However some customers in Illinois and all of the customers in Georgia buy natural gas from their choice of retail marketers due to deregulation in these states. Each subsidiary provides these primary services: Atlanta Gas Light , is the largest natural gas distributor in the Southeast and is headquartered in Atlanta . It was founded in 1856 to install gas streetlights in Atlanta. The company now distributes natural gas to more than 1.6 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers in 200 communities throughout

714-530: The application with the information the DEP has requested. PennEast was able to obtain FERC approval in 2018, which included under the Natural Gas Act of 1938 the ability for PennEast to use eminent domain to secure property that the pipeline was to cross. About 40 parcels of property included land owned by the state of New Jersey. New Jersey sued to block PennEast from acquiring these properties, asserting

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748-635: The climate crisis," at a protest in Trenton in October 2016. He was joined by representatives of the Sierra Club , Environment New Jersey, and the Delaware Riverkeeper Network. However, PennEast proponents argue that pipelines actually promote and preserve open space as a result of above-ground building restrictions associated with the pipeline and the restoration of the right-of-way to be open space. The Delaware Riverkeeper Network (DRN) mainly focuses on

782-644: The company's "V-Force" program. V-Force, short for Volunteer Force, provides volunteer opportunities for employees including activities such as the walking for the March of Dimes , building houses for Habitat for Humanity and teaching students how to manage money through the Junior Achievement program. Clean Water Action Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

816-443: The construction and the pipeline itself would pose a risk to wildlife and waterways. They also suggest that the pipeline would disrupt various cultural and recreational aspects of the communities that would be affected by the pipeline. Clean Water Action has also worked furiously against the pipeline. State campaign director David Pringle said "PennEast would destroy open space and property rights, pollute our water, and exacerbate

850-737: The environmental impact that the pipeline would have on the Delaware River, one of the major waterways that the pipeline would cross. On their website, they discuss that the majority of the proposed route falls within the Delaware Watershed. In March 2016, the DRN filed a Constitutional Challenge against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Their argument was that the Environmental Impact Statement released by

884-417: The equivalent of 1,501,983 Mcf. Although the plant is capable of delivering up to 150,000 Mcf/day, the pipeline system exiting the plant can accommodate a delivery of less than half that volume, of only 70,000 Mcf/day. In Tennessee, Chattanooga Gas, another Southern Company Gas subsidiary, receives peak day supplies from the company's Chattanooga plant, which holds the equivalent of 1,186,035 Mcf. This facility

918-532: The fastest-growing natural gas distribution companies in the country. Additional services include: Formerly the natural gas operations of Dominion Virginia Power , VNG was sold to Consolidated Natural Gas in 1990. When CNG was acquired by Dominion in 2000, VNG was sold to AGL Resources. Wholesale services engages in natural gas storage, gas pipeline arbitrage, and provides natural gas asset management and related logistics services for most of our utilities, as well as for non-affiliated companies. Nicor Enerchange

952-407: The pipeline itself, the proposal also includes plans for several facilities that will be constructed above ground. they include four pig launcher/receivers , eight metering and regulating stations, eleven mainline valves, and a compressor station. As the pipeline has not yet been built, its environmental impact can not be directly assessed as of yet. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission performed

986-547: The plant is supplied by two interstate pipelines for supply. It is connected to the Atlanta Gas Light beltline pipeline system for distribution of gas to the Atlanta market. The plant is able to deliver 400,000 Mcf/day of gas during peak send-out. The Cherokee LNG plant, located north of Atlanta in Ball Ground, Georgia , has storage capacity of 25,242,957 gallons or 2,020,237 Mcf equivalent of natural gas in

1020-639: The previous year. Its 2012 net revenue was $ 3.9 billion compared to $ 4.7 billion in 2013. The company's earnings per share increased 33 cents from $ 2.31 in 2012 to $ 2.64 in 2013. The chairman, president and CEO of Southern Company Gas is Jim Kerr. The executive vice president and chief financial officer of Southern Company Gas is Grace Kolvereid. Southern Company Gas cites four areas of focus in its corporate social responsibility program: energy assistance, education, environmental stewardship and community enrichment. Additionally, all of Southern Company Gas's 6,094 employees are welcome to participate in

1054-768: The state of Georgia . Additional services include: Chattanooga Gas provides retail natural gas sales and transportation services to approximately 62,000 customers in Hamilton and Bradley counties in Tennessee. It was founded in 1890 and is headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee . In 1988, Atlanta Gas Light acquired Chattanooga Gas Company. Nicor Gas was founded in 1955 and it is the largest natural gas distributor in northern Illinois, serving 2.2 million residential, commercial and industrial customers in more than 650 communities. Nicor Gas customers are connected to

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1088-540: Was purchased by AGL Resources. Additional services include: Elizabethtown Gas was sold to South Jersey Industries in July 2018. Elkton Gas was founded in 1863 and provides natural gas service to approximately 6,000 residential and commercial customers in the greater Elkton area of Maryland's eastern shore, near the Delaware border. The company became part of AGL Resources in 2004. Additional services include: Elkton Gas

1122-437: Was sold to American Water Works Company , Inc. in June 2018. Sequent Energy Management was a Houston-based subsidiary of Southern Company Gas and was primarily involved in asset optimization and energy marketing and trading. It was established in 2001. Sequent Energy Management was sold to Williams Company in July 2021. According to CNNMoney , in 2013 AGL Resources reported a $ 8 million increase in net revenue against

1156-908: Was sold to South Jersey Industries in July 2018. Florida City Gas was founded in 1946 provides natural gas service to more than 104,000 residential and commercial customers in Miami-Dade, Brevard, St. Lucie, and Indian River counties. Florida City Gas became part of AGL Resources in 2004. Additional services include: Florida City Gas was sold to NextEra Energy in July 2018. Pivotal Home Solutions offers home repair and maintenance services that can be customized for customers in Connecticut and Massachusetts, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. Pivotal Home Solutions also offers natural gas appliance leasing in Florida and Massachusetts. Pivotal Home Solutions

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