Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance

Who’s on First? – A Round-up of Legal Challenges to the ACP

The lawsuit challenging the FERC certificate for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) has finally been scheduled for briefs to be filed by April 5. The suit, which was filed August 16 with the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals but was re-assigned to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals,

West Virginia House of Delegates Condemns Those Opposing the ACP

The lead article in the March 7 ABRA Update reported that the Rules Committee of the West Virginia House of Delegates had approved a resolution (House Resolution 11) condemning “assaults on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and other urgently needed energy infrastructure projects.”

Resolution Condemning ACP Foes Progresses in WV House of Delegates

A resolution condemning the “assaults on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline” (ACP) from citizen groups was approved by the Rules Committee of the West Virginia House of Delegates on March 6. The proposal was tentatively scheduled for a floor vote before all 100 members of the House of Delegates on March 7 (at this writing had not been taken up).

Investment Community Beginning to Question Viability of ACP and MVP

Over the past week over 100 news articles regarding increasing questions in the financial community about the viability of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), as well as the Mountain Valley Pipeline, have come to ABRA’s attention. Typical of the comments was one from an analyst writing in Forbes on March 7: “Investors can no longer be entirely sanguine about the possibility that one or both of these projects could be abandoned.”

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported on March 4 that Moody’s Investor Service had rated the ACP “credit negative” because of mounting costs and uncertainty over the project in the wake of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision not to review a December decision to vacate the U.S.

Fourth Circuit Denies Review Hearing for ACP in Forest Service Case

An appeal by Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC (ACP, LLC) for a rehearing of the December 13. 2018 decision of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate the U.S. Forest Service permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) was rejected on February 25.

Virginia Water Board Urged to Revoke MVP Water Certification

Attorneys representing 10 local, state and regional organizations sent a letter on February 28 to the members of the Virginia State Water Control Board, urging the Board to start promptly a process to revoke the water quality certification issued for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP).

Local & ACP

ACP On The Trail To The Supreme Court

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– BTU Analytics – 3/7/19

Regional & MVP

State board’s vote in Mountain Valley Pipeline’s favor raises questions for opponents

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– The Roanoke Times – 3/9/19

Big Picture

The Green New Deal And The New Politics Of Climate Change

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– Forbes – 3/13/19

Our member group Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition has produced a series of interactive Story Maps that take a deeper look at some of the reasons the ACP and MVP are unacceptable proposals. Click on the map image below to navigate to the full map content.