Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC proposed to build a new interstate natural gas pipeline connecting to its mainline, a project supported by a firm capacity contract from the SCANA Corp. utility subsidiary PSNC Energy.
The MVP Southgate project would deliver gas from the Mountain Valley pipeline mainline in Pittsylvania County, Va., to new delivery points in Rockingham and Alamance counties, N.C., according to an April 11 news release. The 70-mile pipeline would carry Marcellus and Utica shale gas to PSNC Energy customers and markets in southern Virginia and central North Carolina.
Mountain Valley also launched a binding open season for MVP Southgate to solicit additional contracts from other interested market participants. The open season is scheduled to end on May 11, after which the project scope would be finalized.
The pipeline would be operated by EQT Midstream Partners LP, which is one of the joint venture partners in Mountain Valley. The $3.7 billion, 300-mile Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline project would run from northwestern West Virginia to southern Virginia, with firm gas transmission capacity of up to 2 Bcf/d.
The MVP Southgate project is scheduled to begin service in the fourth quarter of 2020, while the Mountain Valley pipeline is expected to start up in late 2018.
Mountain Valley is a joint venture of EQT Midstream, NextEra Energy Inc., RGC Resources Inc., WGL Holdings Inc. and Consolidated Edison Inc.
