Opponents of a compression project tied to the Constitution natural gas pipeline sounded off Tuesday in federal dockets, calling for the dismissal of a developer’s petition for a reissued certificate.
The comments, made by a range of environmental and advocacy groups, mark the latest development in a bigger fight over gas infrastructure in the Northeast. Proponents of more natural gas pipeline infrastructure assert that recent events like Winter Storm Fern, which hit the United States in late January, demonstrated the Northeast’s need for reliable energy and projects like Constitution, while some critics have warned of an overbuild of gas infrastructure.
Iroquois Gas Transmission System in February filed a petition with federal regulators to have a certificate reissued for the Wright Interconnect project. The project — also known as WIP — is being developed in conjunction with Constitution and would enable the delivery of up to 650,000 dekatherms per day from Constitution’s end point into interstate pipeline systems.
On Tuesday, environmental groups said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission must dismiss Iroquois’ petition, responding to an agency notice around Iroquois’ petition. It set an intervention deadline of March 17.
