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First-of-a-kind utility plan could transform Southeast grid

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  • – E&E News – 10/7/20
Daniel Shaffer October 9, 2020 Regional & MVP Read more

Southern Company Pledges Net Zero Emissions by 2050 but Doubles Down on Fossil Fuels

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  • – Energy & Policy Institute – 5/28/20
Daniel Shaffer May 29, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Duke, Dominion, Southern won’t hit clean energy targets at current pace: Report

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  • – Utility Dive – 3/10/20
Daniel Shaffer March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

Dominion agrees to buy Southern stake in Atlantic Coast Pipeline as project costs soar

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  • – S&P Global 2/11/20
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  • Huge Dominion Pipeline Project Loses Partner
Daniel Shaffer February 14, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

Fish and Wildlife Service Receive Input on Drafting New ACP Permit

A more thorough and less rushed process in developing a new biological opinion and taking statement for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline has been advocated to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in separate comments submitted to the agency by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) and by ABRA.

Daniel Shaffer October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 Pipeline Updates Read more

New Analysis Reveals ACP Owners Have Spent Over $109 Million in Lobbying

“A trio of utility giants building a natural gas pipeline that would cut across the Appalachian Trail has spent more than $109 million lobbying federal lawmakers and officials since the $7.8 billion project was unveiled five years ago,” according to an analysis by MapLight,

Daniel Shaffer September 30, 2019 Pipeline Updates Read more

Audio: Will Cleveland of SELC on Dominion’s Sleazy Self-Dealing, $2 Billion Cost to “Captive Customers” of Atlantic Coast Pipeline; No New Jobs or Economic Growth

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  • – Blue Virginia – 5/19/18
Daniel Shaffer May 25, 2018 Local & ACP Read more

Clean coal utility giant sued over claims it misled investors

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  • – The Washington Examiner – 8/9/17
Daniel Shaffer August 11, 2017 Big Picture Read more

FERC Is Asked to Conduct Hearing on Justifying the ACP

The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of several ABRA member organizations, filed on June 21 a motion asking that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) hold a hearing on the legitimacy of Dominion and Duke Energy’s natural gas demand claims as a basis for building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

Daniel Shaffer June 23, 2017June 23, 2017 Pipeline Updates 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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