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Dominion files plans with federal regulators for 2.6 GW offshore wind project, largest in US to date

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  • – Utility Dive – 12/22/20
Daniel Shaffer January 8, 2021 Local & ACP, Regional Issues Read more

Federal regulators are rewriting environmental rules so a massive pipeline can be built across West Virginia

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  • – Mountain State Spotlight – 12/8/20
Daniel Shaffer December 21, 2020 Regional & MVP, Regional Issues Read more

Federal appeals court explains stay of Mountain Valley Pipeline waterbody construction

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  • – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 12/2/20
Daniel Shaffer December 4, 2020 Regional & MVP, Regional Issues Read more

FERC Formally Requests ACP Restoration Plans

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Tuesday, October 27 asked Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc. (DETI), managing partner for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and Supply Header Project (SHP), to provide it “a plan for disposition of ACP and SHP,

Daniel Shaffer November 16, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

Guidance Issued to Federal Agencies on NEPA Compliance

The Director of the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued on November 2 a memorandum to the heads of all departments and agencies of the Federal Government providing guidance on how to implement a new rule that was adopted in July that revises procedures of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). 

Daniel Shaffer November 16, 2020 Pipeline Updates Read more

Federal regulators order Atlantic Coast Pipeline to provide a plan for project wind-down, restoration

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 10/29/20
Daniel Shaffer November 16, 2020 ACP-MVP, Local & ACP Read more

How one obscure federal agency is clearing the path for a US carbon price

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  • – Quartz – 10/21/20
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  • FERC Proposes Policy Statement on Incorporation of Carbon Prices in Wholesale Electricity Markets
Daniel Shaffer October 23, 2020 Big Picture Read more

FERC Carbon Pricing Conference Highlights State-Federal Divide on Clean Power Policy

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  • – GreenTech Media – 10/1/20
Daniel Shaffer October 9, 2020 Big Picture Read more

The ‘last pipeline’? Mountain Valley Pipeline remains stalled as it seeks extension from federal regulators

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  • – Virginia Mercury – 9/10/20
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  • Equitrans on Track to Finish Mountain Valley Pipeline in Early 2021
Daniel Shaffer September 11, 2020 Regional & MVP Read more

Federal Report Warns of Financial Havoc From Climate Change

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  • – The New York Times – 9/8/20
Daniel Shaffer September 11, 2020 Big Picture 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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