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MVP Further Delayed and Costs Soar; Challenge to BiOp Filed

Completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) will be delayed until the second half of 2021, according to Equitrans Midstream Corp., the lead partner of the project.  The project is now expected to cost nearly $6 billion, a more than 50% increase in the project’s projected cost when construction began in 2018. 

Daniel Shaffer November 16, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

Another delay, cost increase for the Mountain Valley Pipeline

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  • – The Roanoke Times – 11/3/20
Daniel Shaffer November 16, 2020 ACP-MVP, Regional & MVP Read more

Federal court delays stream crossings for Mountain Valley Pipeline

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  • – The Roanoke Times – 10/16/20
  • Related:
  • FERC greenlights Mountain Valley construction
Daniel Shaffer October 23, 2020 Regional & MVP Read more

Opponents seek further delay of work on Mountain Valley Pipeline

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  • – The Roanoke Times – 10/7/20
  • Related:
  • Mountain Valley Pipeline regains permit to cross streams, wetlands
Daniel Shaffer October 9, 2020October 12, 2020 ACP-MVP, Regional & MVP Read more

MVP Asks FERC for Two More Years to Construct Pipeline

The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for an extension of time of “an additional two years, or until October 13, 2022, to complete construction of the Project and place the Project facilities into service.” FERC issued on August 27 an official notice of a comment period for the public to have input on the MVP request,

Daniel Shaffer August 28, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

Mountain Valley pipeline asks FERC for 2-year delay

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  • – E&E Energywire – 8/26/20
  • Related:
  • MVP Asks FERC for Extension, Slams Opposition Groups Over Impacts of Stalled Construction
Daniel Shaffer August 28, 2020 Regional & MVP Read more

INSTITUTE INDEX: The ongoing toxic threat from canceled and delayed gas pipelines

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  • – Facing South – 7/27/20
Daniel Shaffer July 31, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

Dominion Pipeline Demise Delays Closer Look at Climate Impacts

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  • – Bloomberg Law – 7/15/20
Daniel Shaffer July 16, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

‘Pray and Delay’ v. Dominion, Duke

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  • – Appalachian Chronicle – 7/7/20
Daniel Shaffer July 10, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

MVP Again Delays Service, but Appalachian Pipeline Nearly Complete

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  • – Natural Gas Intelligence – 6/12/20
  • Related:
  • MVP Prepares For Construction Completion
Daniel Shaffer June 19, 2020 Regional & MVP Read more
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The Allegheny Blue-Ridge Alliance (ABRA) is a coalition of organizations concerned about the natural gas pipeline that Dominion Resources and its partner companies have proposed to build through portions of West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina.

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