While the deal may not necessarily speed up permits, its proposed shift of any legal appeals to the D.C. The project also has encountered challenges related to state permits.Ī deal on climate and energy investments in the Inflation Reduction Act between Manchin and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) was contingent on a separate federal permitting reform agreement that Democratic leaders expect to unveil in the fall and include in a government funding package.Įarlier: Mountain Valley Pipeline Shield in Manchin Deal Raises Hackles Ultimately, approval will rest on whether the project can clear its permitting hurdles, requiring input from the Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency, Fish and Wildlife Service, and FERC. Pipelines are the “safest form of transport” for energy, he and other supporters like to say. He’s touted the MVP as an important vehicle to deliver gas domestically and abroad as the Ukraine war and the global energy crisis continues. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is a key supporter with unusual political sway, at least for the moment, in a Senate evenly divided between the two parties. If that happens, the coalition behind the pipeline looks to begin operations in the first quarter of 2023.
Developers have asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend its certificate by another four years - a request the commission will have to answer before the current authorization expires in October.īrandon Barnes, a Bloomberg Intelligence senior litigation analyst, put at 80% the chances of FERC giving the four-year extension, in a Aug. The pipeline is $3 billion over budget with a current price tag over $6 billion, and is somewhere between 50% and 90% complete, depending on whom you talk to. MVP could be the last major pipeline constructed on the East Coast and possibly the US, as natural gas faces an uncertain future in the transition to renewable energy. Construction in such challenging terrain has triggered landslides and erosion, inspiring the sorts of protests and legal challenges that killed the Atlantic Coast, PennEast, and Constitution pipelines. True to its name, the pipeline project has crested steep mountains and dove into narrow valleys carved by crystal-clear Appalachian creeks and rivers. Mountain Valley Pipeline protestors prepare to march through downtown White Sulphur Springs, West Va., in May 2022.
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