Mountain Valley Pipeline has applied for federal approval to build a 301-mile interstate natural gas transmission pipeline from West Virginia to Virginia. The company formally applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for authorization to build the pipeline designed to provide timely, cost-effective access to the growing demand for natural gas for use by local distribution companies, industrial users and power generation facilities in the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Appalachian regions of the United States. Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC is a joint venture between EQT Midstream Partners LP, majority owner and operator of the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline, and affiliates of NextEra Energy Inc., WGL Holdings Inc., Vega Energy Partners Ltd. and RGC Resources Inc. The Mountain Valley Pipeline would transport Marcellus and Utica natural gas from Wetzel County, West Virginia, traversing south through 11 counties in West Virginia, then southeast through six counties in Virginia before ending in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The project is expected to provide at least 2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of firm transmission capacity. Pending regulatory approval, construction is anticipated to begin in late 2016, with a full in-service targeted for the fourth quarter 2018.
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