Greater Philadelphia Expansion Project

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Greater Philadelphia Expansion Project is a shelved gas pipeline in Pennsylvania, USA.

Location

The pipeline was originally planned to run from Eagle, Pennsylvania, USA to Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. From Chester it would connect with the Texas Eastern Transmission Pipeline.

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Project Details

• Operator: Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
• Owner: Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
• Parent Company: Enbridge
• Proposed capacity: 475 million cubic feet per day
• Length: 56.3 kilometers / 35 miles
• Status: Shelved
• Start Year: 2021

Background

Texas Eastern Transmission LP, a subsidiary of Enbridge, proposed to expand its interstate natural gas pipeline system to provide natural gas supplies to delivery points along or near its existing Philadelphia Lateral, potentially including points across the Delaware River in southern New Jersey. The target in-service date was as early as April 1, 2021.

The project was under review by Enbridge, and in March of 2018 Enbridge announced a binding open season from March 5, 2018 to March 29, 2018 to assess the project's commercial viability. As of December 2022, the project was still listed as Announced by the EIA, but construction had not begun yet.

As of August 2024, the project's page has been deleted from the official Enbridge website; however, the EIA still listed the project as Announced, with no known completion date.. Since there have been no significant developments related to the pipeline in over two years, it is considered to be shelved.