EXTRACTED: Daily News Clips 1/6/23
PIPELINE NEWS
KELO: SD regulators set September hearing for SCS pipeline
Sioux Falls Argus Leader: Will the Summit Carbon pipeline finally have a timeline for SD? This could be the deciding week.
Dickinson Bulletin Review: Supervisors discuss pipeline options with Des Moines attorney
The Hill: Energy Department: Keystone XL cancellation cost jobs, but its consumer impacts couldn’t be measured
Fox News: Biden admin quietly admits canceling Keystone XL Pipeline cost thousands of jobs, billions of dollars
Reuters: U.S. pipeline regulator probing 60-barrel leak on Colonial's Line 3 -source
Bloomberg: Colonial Shuts Key Fuel Line to New York Harbor After Spill
WASHINGTON UPDATES
Washington Post: Biden administration to miss deadlines on major environmental rules
Press release: Sierra Club Statement on EPA's "Waters of the United States" Rule
E&E News: ‘Cautious’ FERC chair could drive consensus and clean energy
STATE UPDATES
Reuters: Rio Grande LNG terminal's water permits survive fishermen's challenge
Colorado Public Radio: Corrected ozone data estimate fracking and drilling produce more emissions than every Front Range vehicle
KCBX: Santa Barbara County is cleaning up an oil spill from a well built in 1882
Bloomberg: Some NYC Landlords Embrace Carbon-Sucking Tech to Meet Climate Law
EXTRACTION
Reuters: U.S. poised to regain crown as world’s top LNG exporter
Norton Rose Fulbright: Alberta amends TIER to facilitate carbon capture and storage
OPINION
Clarksville Now: Pipeline project threatens damage to land near south Montgomery County
PIPELINE NEWS
KELO: SD regulators set September hearing for SCS pipeline
Bob Mercer, 1/5/23
“The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission has set the schedule for deciding whether to permit a carbon-dioxide pipeline proposed by Summit Carbon Solutions,” KELO reports. “The evidentiary hearing will be Sept. 11-22, 2023, with extra days the following week if necessary. SCS attorneys opposed that schedule, saying a decision was necessary by June 15, then offering August 31. The commissioners voted 3-0 on Thursday to proceed with the September hearing… “Attorney Brian Jorde of Omaha is representing landowners along the proposed route through South Dakota who are opposed. He said Koenecke had submitted a letter but hadn’t filed a motion. ”The only reason we’re here is because they weren’t able to get their work done,” Jorde (pronounced JOR-dee) said. He argued that SCS hadn’t followed the law on notifying landowners along the route. “They have a series of problems all to their own making,” Jorde said… “Regarding the SCS position that a decision is needed by June 15, Hanson said, “I don’t know how it can be done in that period of time based on the road we’ve gone down so far.” He spoke in support of the September hearing. “I don’t see another route, other than the suggested process and timeline that has been handed to us at this time.” “...Nelson called it “unfortunate” that Summit wouldn’t get an answer as soon the company would like. Then he noted that Summit was sending notifications, for the first time, to 50 more landowners this week.”
Sioux Falls Argus Leader: Will the Summit Carbon pipeline finally have a timeline for SD? This could be the deciding week.
Dominik Dausch, 1/4/23
“A scheduled meeting between Summit Carbon Solutions, landowners rebuffing the construction of the company's multi-state pipeline and the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission could have major ramifications in the dispute between the opposing parties,” the Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports. “On Thursday, the PUC will hold a virtual prehearing conference to decide whether to continue with a spring date for an upcoming permit hearing on the company's liquid carbon dioxide pipeline… “According to a PUC filing on Dec. 12, Brian Jorde, a Nebraska-based attorney representing some affected landowners, requested the commission move the permit hearing to September or January 2024. He argued a portion of the landowners are farmers, and a springtime meeting would be difficult for them to attend because it would conflict with their crop planting schedule and similar responsibilities for livestock ranchers… "Pipelines have always existed in order to deliver a product to a consumer at a lower cost of transportation. The CO2 pipelines have no consumer at the end of the line and are simply a hazardous waste pipeline with no benefit to the public," Leola farmer Mark Lapka said in a statement to Argus Leader on Wednesday. "These projects would not exist without 45Q tax credits. Revenue will be acquired in the form of federal tax credits of over a billion dollars a year. Landowners are facing Eminent Domain of their property only to be forced to pay for these projects as tax payers.”
Dickinson Bulletin Review: Supervisors discuss pipeline options with Des Moines attorney
Dan Mundt, 12/30/22
“The Crawford County Board of Supervisors on December 20 met with attorney Tim Whipple of the Des Moines law firm Ahlers & Cooney to discuss the options the supervisors have with regard to the carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline proposed for the county,” the Dickinson Bulletin Review reports. “Whipple said he had prepared for a closed-session discussion of the issues and seemed surprised that the discussion was in open session… “Some counties are adopting zoning board ordinances and some counties are intervening in the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) proceedings, Whipple said… “Sibbel said the board had looked at an early draft of a zoning ordinance that was similar to ordinances enacted by Shelby and Story counties… “Sibbel said there are concerns about litigation, and that the board and county residents want to know what steps are available… “The pipeline companies have to go to the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) to get a state permit for construction… “Counties may intervene in the process, which he said is different than filing a letter of objection or submitting comments… “If the supervisors choose to intervene in the IUB proceeding, the process will take more legal time for expert witnesses, it will have higher cost than the development or review of an ordinance, and won’t come with the risk of state preemption since the IUB has clear authority to approve siting and routing of pipelines, Whipple said. Some counties have discussed using the IUB process to offer evidence and testimony on compaction of soils and restoration of agricultural lands, he said… “He said Shelby and Kossuth counties are working together to share the costs of developing evidence for the IUB proceeding to support their zoning ordinances in a quest to apply conditions on the state permit… “The county is considering … a hazardous liquid ordinance,” Johnson said. “We know from Shelby County and Story County that Summit Carbon Solutions has filed suit against them already, which means, in my estimation, if the county were to adopt a pipeline ordinance we would be in line for imminent litigation from Summit.” Johnson said the closed session would involve a discussion of the likelihood of litigation and discussion of the next steps for the county.”
The Hill: Energy Department: Keystone XL cancellation cost jobs, but its consumer impacts couldn’t be measured
RACHEL FRAZIN, 1/5/23
“A review from the Energy Department determined that the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline ultimately resulted in fewer jobs, but found the move’s impacts on consumer prices were “inconclusive,” The Hill reports. “...The new report found that the pipeline was expected to create about 50 permanent jobs once it was operational. It also said that studies estimated the construction period would support between 16,149 and 59,468 jobs, though it said that the high-end estimate “overstates” jobs because it included jobs outside the United States. It also said that estimates of the broader economic impacts “show wide variations” across studies and so they are “not directly comparable” due to major differences in modeling assumptions. Specifically, it said that the impacts on consumer prices were inconclusive in light of changes that have happened in the U.S. and Canadian oil markets since the pipeline was proposed… “The Department of Energy finally admitted to the worst kept secret about the Keystone Pipeline: President Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL Pipeline sacrificed thousands of American jobs,” James Risch (R-Idaho) said in a written statement… “Meanwhile, the Energy Department described the jobs impacts as “limited,” citing the findings on permanent jobs. “The U.S. Department of Energy released a report evaluating existing analysis on economic and job effects of the XL portion of Keystone pipeline. It concluded there were limited job impacts, with approximately 50 permanent jobs estimated to have been created were the pipeline operational,” a department spokesperson told the Hill.”
Fox News: Biden admin quietly admits canceling Keystone XL Pipeline cost thousands of jobs, billions of dollars
Thomas Catenacci, 1/5/23
“The Biden administration published a congressionally mandated report highlighting the positive economic benefits the Keystone XL Pipeline would have had if President Biden didn't revoke its federal permits,” Fox News reports. “The report, which the Department of Energy (DOE) completed in late December without any public announcement, says the Keystone XL project would have created between 16,149 and 59,000 jobs and would have had a positive economic impact of between $3.4-9.6 billion, citing various studies. A previous report from the federal government published in 2014 determined 3,900 direct jobs and 21,050 total jobs would be created during construction which was expected to take two years… "The Biden administration finally owned up to what we have known all along — killing the Keystone XL Pipeline cost good-paying jobs, hurt Montana’s economy and was the first step in the Biden administration’s war on oil and gas production in the United States," Sen. Steve Daines. R-Mont., said Thursday in a statement. "Unfortunately, the administration continues to pursue energy production anywhere but the United States." "These policies may appeal to the woke left but hurt Montana’s working families," he continued. "I’ll keep fighting back against Biden’s anti-energy agenda and supporting Montana energy projects and jobs." The DOE was forced to issue the report after Daines and Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, successfully inserted a bill mandating the report into the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Biden signed into law in November 2021. The agency was required to publish the report within 90 days of the bill's passage but ultimately waited more than a year before releasing it. In a statement Thursday, the DOE noted that the project would have had minimal permanent job impacts, but didn't mention the thousands of jobs that were estimated during the construction of the pipeline. "The U.S. Department of Energy released a report evaluating existing analysis on economic and job effects of the XL portion of Keystone pipeline," the DOE told Fox News Digital. "It concluded there were limited job impacts, with approximately 50 permanent jobs estimated to have been created were the pipeline operational."
Reuters: U.S. pipeline regulator probing 60-barrel leak on Colonial's Line 3 -source
1/5/23
“The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is monitoring an estimated 60-barrel leak on Colonial Pipeline's Line 3 in Virginia, a source told Reuters on Thursday. Top U.S. pipeline operator Colonial on Wednesday shut its Line 3 for unscheduled maintenance in response to a "product release" at its Witt delivery station near Danville, Virginia. The company expects repairs will occur by Friday, the source said, adding that the PHMSA's interstate agent, the VA Corporation Commission, was investigating the leak. The outage has affected the Line 3 schedule, including downstream, and the line is expected to restart on Jan. 7, Colonial had said, noting that impacts appeared to be contained to its property and normal operations continued on the rest of the system… “Last month, Canada's TC Energy Corp (TRP.TO) faced a 21-day outage on its 622,000-bpd Keystone pipeline after it spilled 14,000 barrels of oil in rural Kansas, the biggest U.S. spill in nine years, reducing flows of Canadian crude to Gulf refineries.”
Bloomberg: Colonial Shuts Key Fuel Line to New York Harbor After Spill
Sheela Tobben and Chunzi Xu, 1/4/23
“Colonial Pipeline Co. halted operations on a critical conduit that supplies fuel to the US Northeast, the latest disruption to energy flows following an outage on the Keystone oil pipeline last month,” Bloomberg reports. “Some product was released at Colonial’s Witt booster station near Danville, Virginia, prompting the shutdown of its Line 3 Tuesday, spokeswoman Meredith Stone told Bloomberg… The company said an equipment failure had resulted in the leak, and this was being repaired. The ruptured Colonial pipe leaked an estimated 60 barrels of diesel, which flowed into a storm water collection basin at its facility, Aaron Proctor, a spokesman for the state’s environmental quality department, told Bloomberg. The pipe’s operator indicated it expected repairs will occur by Friday, according to an emailed statement from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. Colonial’s Line 3 transports refined products such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel to the New York Harbor market from Greensboro, North Carolina, and is part of a broader system that supplies fuels to the eastern US from refineries on the Gulf Coast. The incident follows the outage to TC Energy Corp.’s Keystone pipeline after the biggest onshore oil spill since 2010. The conduit, which can deliver as much as 600,000 barrels a day of Canadian crude into the US Midwest, only fully returned to service last week… “Colonial didn’t provide details about the volume and product that leaked.”
WASHINGTON UPDATES
Washington Post: Biden administration to miss deadlines on major environmental rules
Maxine Joselow, 1/5/23
“Soon after taking office, President Biden vowed to use the full powers of the federal government to combat climate change “with a greater sense of urgency.” But on Wednesday, the Biden administration acknowledged that it will miss several self-imposed deadlines for proposing major environmental rules, prompting concerns among climate advocates about the delays,” the Washington Post reports. “If the regulations slip to next year, advocates warn, they could be more vulnerable to legal challenges or even repeal by a future Republican president or Congress. The document, known formally as the Unified Agenda, indicates that the Environmental Protection Agency will miss its self-imposed March deadline for proposing greenhouse gas emission standards for new and existing power plants… “EPA officials also acknowledged they will not make their spring target for finalizing tougher limits on soot, a deadly air pollutant… “Also delayed is a final rule affirming the EPA’s authority to curb emissions of mercury and other toxic air pollutants from power plant smokestacks… “At the Interior Department, meanwhile, officials are now aiming to finalize a rule targeting leaks, venting and flaring of methane from oil and gas operations on public lands by September, rather than next month… “Sam Sankar, senior vice president for programs at the environmental law firm Earthjustice, told the Post that if these rules are issued in the waning days of Biden’s first term, a future Republican-controlled Congress could overturn them using the Congressional Review Act, which allows lawmakers to scrap any regulation within 60 legislative days of its finalization by a simple majority vote.”
Press release: Sierra Club Statement on EPA's "Waters of the United States" Rule
1/4/23
“On Friday, December 30th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule which defines the various types of waters which fall under the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act in a way that will preserve protections that have been in place for decades. This move reverses the Trump administration’s attempt to redefine “Waters of the United States” in order to restrict which waters are protected under the federal Clean Water Act, one of the country’s most critical bedrock environmental laws. In response, Sierra Club Clean Water Director Beth Roach issued the following statement: "Friday’s rule is an important step toward restoring protections for waters critical to our communities and our health. For years, big polluters like the oil and gas industry and their pro-polluter conspirators in Congress have been trying to chip away and gut our bedrock environmental and public health protections in the name of profit for the wealthy few. They are creating water pollution and water crises in their wake, of which low-income communities and communities of color bear the biggest brunt.”
E&E News: ‘Cautious’ FERC chair could drive consensus and clean energy
Miranda Willson, 1/6/23
“A constant at Federal Energy Regulatory Commission meetings last year was infighting between former Chair Richard Glick and Commissioner James Danly. Now, those types of public squabbles may be a thing of the past as Willie Phillips settles into his new role as acting chair, a job President Joe Biden gave him this week,” E&E News reports. “Phillips will set the tone and agenda at FERC for the foreseeable future — although a new chair from outside the commission could be nominated at any time. A Democrat and self-described consensus-builder who has so far stayed above the fray, Phillips is likely to advance proposed rules aimed at more efficiently connecting new energy projects to the grid and building new long-distance power lines… “FERC watchers expect Phillips to largely steer clear of issues, such as substantive changes to the commission’s review process for natural gas pipeline applications… “How long Phillips leads the agency is an open question. By designating Phillips as chair on an interim basis, the White House could be gearing up to nominate a fifth member of FERC as “the presumptive chairman,” Mike McKenna, an energy lobbyist who served in the Trump White House, told E&E.”
STATE UPDATES
Reuters: Rio Grande LNG terminal's water permits survive fishermen's challenge
Clark Mindock, 1/5/23
“Dredge and fill permits for massive liquefied natural gas export facilities in south Texas survived a challenge by environmentalists and fishermen after a federal appeals court said Thursday the “least environmentally damaging” construction plan was chosen by federal regulators,” Reuters reports. “The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that, despite claims from the Sierra Club and Shrimpers and Fishermen of the RGV that better options were available, the government had adequately considered how construction plans for the Rio Grande LNG export terminal and the related Rio Bravo Pipeline Project would impact wetlands. While the plaintiffs had argued that alternative plans including rerouting at least one pipeline feeding the terminal would have a smaller environmental impact, the three-judge panel said the government had met its obligations under the Clean Water Act to justify its chosen course of action for the 984-acre facility in the Port of Brownsville… “In their suit filed in the 5th Circuit in 2021, the groups said the project would devastate local wetlands, which would impair their ability to enjoy the area recreationally but also impact commercial fishing. Wetlands are important habitat for fish and for species fish prey upon, and the export project would destroy or disturb that habitat, they said.”
Colorado Public Radio: Corrected ozone data estimate fracking and drilling produce more emissions than every Front Range vehicle
Sam Brasch, 1/5/23
“To explain Colorado's consistent smog problem, regulators and scientists often point to two main sources of local air pollution: traffic and oil and gas,” Colorado Public Radio reports. “Driving and fossil-fuel production both release large amounts of nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds, two categories of chemicals that react to form ozone when exposed to heat and sunlight. Estimates suggested each activity played a more-or-less equal role in exposing Front Range residents to ground-level ozone pollution… “That all changed in November when Colorado air regulators announced a major correction to air quality modeling data it planned to submit to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. New calculations predicted nitrogen oxide emissions from drilling and hydraulic fracturing expected in 2023 were likely nearly double the state's original estimates. As a result, those two activities alone appeared likely to account for more ozone-causing emissions than all cars and trucks along the Front Range. The revised estimates also showed that all oil and gas activities, not just drilling and fracking, likely represented by far the largest source of expected releases of ozone ingredients in 2023, representing 45 percent of nitrogen oxide emissions and 41 percent of volatile organic compound emissions. Following a request from state regulators, the data error led governor-appointed commissioners to hold back parts of its new ozone plan. Michael Ogletree, the director of the Air Quality Control Division, told CPR the decision would allow regulators to consider adding "significant pollution controls" in a follow-up rulemaking next year.”
KCBX: Santa Barbara County is cleaning up an oil spill from a well built in 1882
Amanda Wernik, 1/5/23
“Santa Barbara County is cleaning up an oil spill from a well built more than a century ago,” KCBX reports. “Fire personnel responded to a report of oil in the Toro Canyon Creek on the morning of January 1. The oil leaked from a seepage well built in 1882. Crews are using damning, absorbent pads and booms to clean it up. According to a Santa Barbara County press release, the cause of the spill, the amount of oil released and the environmental impacts are under investigation. “The discharge did happen after heavy rains on New Year's Eve,” SB County Public Information Officer Lael Wageneck told KCBX. “So what we're looking at is to see if that was potentially a cause of it.” UC Davis Veterinary School Oiled Wildlife Care Network members are on-site surveying the area for impacted wildlife. So far, there are no reports of oiled wildlife… “This isn’t the first time oil has spilled out of the same well. In August 2020, about 630 gallons of oil seeped into the Toro Canyon Creek. The county waited a year before initiating a cleanup.”
Bloomberg: Some NYC Landlords Embrace Carbon-Sucking Tech to Meet Climate Law
Sri Taylor, 1/4/23
“In New York City, where buildings are the largest source of carbon emissions, deadlines to comply with Local Law 97 are fast approaching,” Bloomberg reports. “The pioneering climate mandate, passed in 2019, aims to cut emissions from its largest buildings by 40% by 2030, and 80% by 2050. Next year, the city will begin penalizing owners of properties that don’t meet the new efficiency targets. While electrifying buildings is key, the city’s multitude of building types and budgets forces some landlords to turn to unorthodox methods, like carbon capture. An array of pipes and compressors in the basement of the Grand Tier in Manhattan, for example, is designed to scrub carbon dioxide from the residential tower’s two natural gas boilers and store it in metal tanks. The company behind the system says it could help the property avoid $100,000 a year in fines, and is flexible enough to fit into just about any building, contributor Patrick Sisson reports.”
EXTRACTION
Reuters: U.S. poised to regain crown as world’s top LNG exporter
Scott Disavino, 1/4/23
“The United States is on track to become the world’s biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) this year – ahead of current market leader Australia – once a fire-idled Texas plant is restarted, according to Reuters data. “A June fire sidelined Freeport LNG, the second biggest U.S. export facility, and cut U.S. exports of the fuel by about 2 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd). That outage dropped the United States behind top exporter Australia as global demand for the fuel boomed. In 2022, U.S. exports of natural gas as LNG rose 8% to 10.6 bcfd, just shy of Australia’s 10.7 bcfd. The United States remained ahead of Qatar, which in third place shipped 10.5 bcfd, according to data provider Refinitiv… “In 2021, the United States was third in exports behind Australia and Qatar, which sold about 10.5 bcfd and 10.1 bcfd of gas as LNG, respectively, but was poised for the top spot in 2022 with the start of Venture Global LNG’s Calcasieu Pass plant in Louisiana early in the year… “The next major U.S. LNG export plants expected to begin operations are QatarEnergy/Exxon Mobil Corp’s 2.4-bcfd Golden Pass plant in Texas and Venture Global’s 1.8-bcfd Plaquemines plant in Louisiana, with first shipments from both expected in 2024. An offshore Louisiana plant first proposed for 2023 by New Fortress Energy Inc has slipped its initial startup target. Regulators have twice halted their evaluation while awaiting further details.”
Norton Rose Fulbright: Alberta amends TIER to facilitate carbon capture and storage
Alan Harvie, 1/5/23
“On January 1, 2023, Alberta made material amendments to its carbon credit system under the Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) Regulation in an attempt to provide more certainty for proponents of geological carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects,” according to Norton Rose Fulbright. “The amendments include creating two new types of carbon credits – a “sequestration credit” and a “capture recognition tonne.” The amendments attempt to address the issue of too many emission offset credits potentially being generated into the Alberta carbon credit market as CCS projects come on line in 2024 to 2030. In Alberta the province owns all of the pore space into which CO2 can be injected and permanently sequestered. Alberta has awarded Crown pore space evaluation agreements to 25 major CCS projects to explore potential project areas… “Presently, a CCS project developer, if it follows the Quantification Protocol for CO2 Capture and Permanent Storage in Deep Saline Aquifers, and follows all of the other requirements, may create emission offsets from its CCS project for 20 years, with a possible five-year extension by registering and serializing emission offset credits on the Alberta Emission Offset Registry… “The concept of a sequestration credit is unique and appears to implicitly recognize that some buyers of carbon credits prefer credits that arise from projects that permanently remove CO2 rather than from projects that just offset CO2 emissions. It will be interesting to see if some companies who are buying credits in the Alberta market will prefer a sequestration credit to an emission offset credit for these reasons, and if in the future sequestration credits will trade at a premium to emission offset credits… “The amendments also expand the use of TIER carbon credits as a compliance method. Currently, only up to 60% of a facility’s compliance obligation can be met with credit retirement. This will increase to 70% in 2024, 80% in 2025 and 90% in 2026 and later… “Other amendments include requiring emissions associated with flaring to be included in an aggregated facility's regulated emissions.”
OPINION
Clarksville Now: Pipeline project threatens damage to land near south Montgomery County
Angela Mummaw of Appalachian Voices, 1/5/23
“I recently spent a couple of weekends exploring around Big Bartons Creek, just south of Montgomery County, with other biologists and nature lovers to see what kinds of plants and animals the area supports,” Angela Mummaw writes for Clarksville Now. “...All of the abundant natural beauty and wildlife we observed could be threatened if gas giant Kinder Morgan has its way. The company wants to construct a 32-mile pipeline to carry fracked gas through three counties in middle Tennessee. The proposed project would cut a path through more than 130 wetlands and streams. The bedrock along the route is karst limestone, which is highly erodible and contains many cracks and fissures. Disturbance from pipeline construction could cause creeks to reroute or even go underground, making them inaccessible to the public, wildlife and livestock that currently rely on that water… “The majority of the 32-mile proposed pipeline would cross through Dickson County, Tennessee, where, according to Tennessee’s Department of Environment and Conservation, there are 26 rare or endangered species of plants and animals… “Many residents and businesses along the pipeline route, including the Highland Rim Headstart Preschool and the overcrowded Houston County Jail, would be exposed to risks of leaks, explosions and pollution since they are located within the impact zone of the methane gas pipeline… “The proposed pipeline is only needed if the Tennessee Valley Authority continues with its plan to replace the coal-burning Cumberland City Fossil Plant with two methane-fired units — a gas buildout that would force the Cumberland City community to endure more water and air pollutants, while only providing a fraction of the long-term jobs that clean energy alternatives could provide. In addition, reliance on fracked gas could further increase the energy burden on low-income residents, not only in Cumberland City, but throughout the Tennessee Valley. TVA has already increased electricity bills significantly this year — that trend would continue if the gas buildout is approved, leaving the community burdened with increased pollution, fewer jobs and higher electric bills. There are other clean and renewable options to consider that are sustainable, safer and more environmentally friendly. With readily available clean energy replacements for the Cumberland City Plant, a new pipeline is unnecessary.”