Posts Tagged ‘associated problems with the PennEast natural gas pipeline’

PennEast’s natural gas pipeline project has been stalled in the Northeast. The project is estimated to cost $1.13 billion dollars and it will span a total of 118 miles. It will go from Luzerne County, PA. to Mercer County, NJ. They anticipate a service date of June 1, 2018.
However, after reviewing the PennEast pipeline, FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission), has decided to postpone the project from December 16, 2016 until Feb. 17, 2017. This is the second major delay for the project. The project itself has been met with a lot of opposition from residents, landowners, and key government agencies. Click through to read more on why there is so much opposition.