Iroquois Gas Pipeline
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Iroquois Gas Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in the northeastern United States.[1]
Location
The pipeline runs from Waddington, New York to Bronx, New York, passing through New York and southwestern Connecticut.[1]
Project Details
- Operator: Iroquois Pipeline Co[2]
- Owner: Iroquois Pipeline Co[2]
- Parent company: Dominion Resources [50%]; TC Energy [50%]
- Formerly: Dominion Resources [50%]; TC Pipelines LP [49.3%]; TC Energy [0.7%][1]
- Current capacity: 500 Million cubic feet per day
- Length: 416 miles / 669 km
- Status: Operating
- Start year: 1992
Background
Iroquois was created in response to dramatic increases in natural gas demand and was designed to link the Canadian supplies with the Northeast U.S. markets. [3]
The Iroquois Gas Transmission System is a limited partnership of four U.S. and Canadian energy companies or limited partnerships. TC PipeLines, LP, owns a 49.3 percent interest. Of the remainder, 0.7 percent is held by a subsidiary of TC Energy and 50 percent is owned by affiliates of Dominion Resources, Inc. The system includes a 416-mile interstate natural gas pipeline that extends from the U.S.-Canadian border at Waddington, New York, onward through New York State and western Connecticut, finally reaching its end point in the Bronx, New York. The system began operations in 1992. There are 7 compressor stations and 20 delivery points along the pipeline.[1]
Expansion projects
Wright Interconnect Expansion Project
The proposed expansion would have been built in conjunction with the Constitution Gas Pipeline in New York, United States. It would have only included a capacity expansion, with no additional miles of pipeline laid. However, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) there have been no development updates since April 2018 and the expansion project is on hold.[4]
- Operator: Iroquois Pipeline Co[2]
- Owner: Iroquois Pipeline Co[2]
- Parent company: Dominion Resources [50%]; TC Energy [50%]
- Current capacity: 650 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d)[4]
- Diameter:
- Length: 0 mi of new pipeline[4]
- Cost: US$75 million[4]
- Status: Cancelled[4]
- Start year: 2023[4]
Enhancement by Compression (ExC) Project
To accomodate expanding need for natural gas in the northeastern US, Iroquois proposed the addition of compression and associated gas cooling at four existing compression stations in Athens and Dovery, NY, and Brookfield and Milford, CT.[5]
As of early 2023, public opposition over the project was organized at the conclusion of the public comment period on the pipelines permit application, and a decision on the project's permit was expected on 11 April 2023.[6]
In October 2024, the Village Board of Trustees of Athens, NY passed a resolution urging NY Governer Kathy Hochul to deny a permit for the expansion project.[7]
- Operator: Iroquois Pipeline Co[2]
- Owner: Iroquois Pipeline Co[2]
- Parent company: Dominion Resources [50%]; TC Energy [50%]
- Capacity: 125 million cubic feet per day[8]
- Length: 0 mi of new pipeline[8]
- Status: Proposed[2]
- Start year: 2023[8]
- Cost: US$272 million[5]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Iroquois Gas Transmission System, TC Pipelines LP, accessed Aug. 31, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Natural Gas: Pipelines, US Energy Information Administration, Jul. 27, 2021, accessed Sep. 3, 2021.
- ↑ "A Historic Mission to Meet Regional Energy Needs" Iroquois accessed January 2018.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Natural Gas Data, Pipeline Projects Energy Information Agency, Jul. 2021, accessed Aug. 31, 2021.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 ExC Project Q&A, Iroquois, accessed Sep. 3, 2021.
- ↑ "https://therivernewsroom.com/pipeline-or-pipe-bomb".
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ↑ Daly, Katherine (2024-10-11). "Athens urges Hochul to deny pipeline expansion permit". The Daily Gazette Family of Newspapers. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 ExC Brochure, Iroquois, accessed Sep. 3, 2021.
