The Mid-South Expansion project is designed to provide service on the Transco natural gas pipeline to the city of LaGrange, Georgia, Progress Energy Carolinas and Southern Company Services.
Phil Wright, president of Williams’ natural gas pipeline business, said: “This project will transport clean-burning natural gas from Transco’s Station 85 pool to new and existing power generation and municipal facilities in the Southeast.
“We are excited to provide additional firm transportation service to Progress Energy Carolinas and Southern Company Services, two of our fastest growing customers, as well as to welcome LaGrange to our customer community.”
The company anticipates filing an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) this fall seeking approval to construct the Mid-South Expansion project.
Subject to approval by the FERC and other agencies, the proposed expansion will consist of approximately 23 miles of new pipeline, a new compressor facility in Dallas County, Alabama, and upgrades to existing compressor facilities in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. The capital cost of the project is estimated to be $214m.
The project is currently being developed to be constructed in two phases, 95,000 dekatherms would be placed into service in the fall of 2012 and 130,000 dekatherms will be placed into service in the summer of 2013.
Williams owns 84% of Williams Partners, including the general-partner interest. Most of Williams’ interstate gas pipeline and midstream assets are held through its ownership interest in Williams Partners.
The Transco pipeline is a 10,000 mile pipeline system which transports natural gas to markets throughout the northeastern and southeastern US. The current system capacity is approximately 8.6 billion cubic feet per day.
