Mountain Valley Pipeline
Overview of the Project
Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, formally applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in fall 2015 for authorization to build a 301-mile interstate natural gas transmission pipeline. Montgomery County filed for intervenor status shortly afterward.
On October 13, 2017, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline project (MVP). The pipeline will stretch approximately 303 miles from Wetzel County, West Virginia to Pittsylvania County in Virginia’s Southside region. The pipeline will carry natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica shale regions (which spans from New York to West Virginia) to markets in the Mid and South Atlantic regions of the United States.
Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP) is a joint venture between EQT Corporation (EQT) and NextEra US Gas Assets, LCC, a wholly owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc. The joint venture was created to develop a pipeline to take natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica shale regions to markets in the Mid- and South Atlantic region.
Montgomery County's Role
Approximately 19.5 miles of the Mountain Valley Pipeline's 303 miles will be located in Montgomery County. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), in conjunction with other federal and state agencies, performs the approval process for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). As a local governing body, Montgomery County Board of Supervisors has no authority in the approval process of the MVP project.
The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors is on record opposing the MVP project in Montgomery County. (View the resolution.) The county can help provide information to which it has access that is related to MVP. In addition, the county has taken steps to ensure the safety of it citizens as outlined below.