Speak out about Williams Transco’s gas project in North Carolina

We want our families to have the freedom to drink clean water, breathe safe air, and live in healthy communities, but a newly-proposed methane gas project that includes a 54-mile pipeline and polluting compressor stations could put your well-being at risk.

Oil and gas giant Williams Transco is proposing a new project, called the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, that could endanger our precious natural resources while harming our water and air. Williams Transco’s proposed 54-mile pipeline would start in Virginia and cross four North Carolina counties. The pipeline measures 42 inches in diameter and would bring over 1,500,000 dekatherms a day of methane gas into our region — the equivalent emissions of tripling the number of cars on North Carolina’s roads.

The project would also require new compressor stations — facilities that help transport methane gas from one location to another and pollute the air — in three additional North Carolina counties.
The Southeast Supply Enhancement Project is part of Transco and Duke Energy’s push for more fossil fuels in the region, meaning more construction, more pollution, potential harm to our water resources, and threats to the rights of private property owners. The impacts from this project must be taken seriously and thoroughly investigated by the federal agency authorized to review and approve pipeline projects.The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is starting its scoping process for SSEP where it will gather input from the public and other agencies.

FERC will host in-person scoping meetings in the near future (details have not been announced yet) and is holding a virtual scoping meeting on Tuesday, May 21 from 6-8 p.m. Call in number: 888-810-4938. Participant passcode: 2443865