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Overview: See Issues of Current Interest to the Raritan Valley Group | Sierra Club In 2016 Williams' Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company (Transco) has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for permission to begin the pre-filing process on a new project, called the Northeast Supply Enhancement project (NESE). The new project is meant to increase pipeline capacity and flows heading into northeastern markets. In particular, Transco wants to provide more natural gas to utility giant National Grid beginning with the 2019-2020 heating season. National Grid operates in New York City, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The Northeast Supply Enhancement project would build 10 miles of new pipeline in Lancaster County, PA (laid next to three existing pipelines, in the same corridor). It would also require 22 miles of new offshore pipeline located in New York Bay. A new compressor station would be built in South Brunswick/Franklin border in Somerset County, NJ along with other upgrades, including an added compressor unit at a plant in Chester County, PA...
See: Transco Pipeline Map - Mercer, Somerset, Middlesex Counties Links: Issues of Current Interest to the Raritan Valley Group | Sierra Club Transco Pipeline - Leidy Southeast Expansion Project What to Know about the Proposed 32,000 Gas Powered Compressor Station Coming to Franklin Township - Franklin Township NJ News - TAPinto Site Picked for Transco Gas Compressor Station Near South Brunswick - South Brunswick, NJ Patch Transco Leidy Expansion Williams Pre-Files with FERC to Expand Tranco Pipeline in PA, NY | Marcellus Drilling News Gas compressor station is not needed at all - Greater Media Newspapers Updated Feb. 12, 2017 |