Williams Partners Receives Dalton Expansion Pipeline Project FERC Approval, Georgia
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved an application for Williams Partners L.P.‘s subsidiary Transco’s fully contracted Dalton Expansion Project to provide additional reliable natural gas service to utility companies and a municipal entity in northwest Georgia.
The Dalton Expansion Project is designed to deliver natural gas to an existing electric generating facility in northern Georgia operated by Oglethorpe Power Corp., local distribution company Atlanta Gas Light, as well as the City of Cartersville.
“The Dalton Expansion Project is one of several Transco projects creating much-needed access to northern natural gas supplies to meet growing demand in the South, particularly in the power-generation sector. Along with Leidy Southeast and Virginia Southside, the Dalton Expansion will be our third project providing southern market area customers access to growing Marcellus and Utica supplies with our Atlantic Sunrise project coming next. In addition to the environmental benefits of connecting electric power generators with this cleaner energy resource, these natural gas pipeline investments produce stable, long-term returns for our business,” said Rory Miller, senior vice president of Williams Partners’ Atlantic-Gulf operating area.
The proposed project consists of 115 miles of new steel pipe ranging from 16 to 30 inches in diameter extending from the existing Transco pipeline in Coweta County, Georgia to new delivery points in Paulding and Murray Counties, Georgia. The pipeline is being designed to transport approximately 448,000 dekatherms of natural gas per day (enough natural gas to meet the daily needs of about 2 million homes).
In addition, as part of the project, Williams is proposing to construct a new compressor facility in Carroll County, Georgia as well as three new metering facilities and other related pipe and valve modifications to existing facilities.
Construction on the Dalton Expansion Project is planned to begin in the third quarter of 2016 with completion targeted for 2017. The project is part of Williams Partners’ 2016 growth capital funding plan that includes $1.3 billion for Transco expansions and other interstate pipeline growth projects.
About Williams Partners
Williams Partners is an industry-leading, large-cap natural gas infrastructure master limited partnership with a strong growth outlook and major positions in key U.S. supply basins and also in Canada. Williams Partners has operations across the natural gas value chain from gathering, processing and interstate transportation of natural gas and natural gas liquids to petchem production of ethylene, propylene and other olefins. Williams Partners owns and operates more than 33,000 miles of pipelines system wide — including the nation’s largest volume and fastest growing pipeline — providing natural gas for clean-power generation, heating and industrial use. Williams Partners’ operations touch approximately 30 percent of U.S. natural gas. Tulsa, Okla.-based Williams, a premier provider of large-scale North American natural gas infrastructure, owns 60 percent of Williams Partners, including all of the 2 percent general-partner interest.
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