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Committee forwards two PHMSA grants totaling $54.8 million for gas-pipeline work to full council
Summary
The committee voted to forward Ordinances 2025-158 and 2025-159, accepting federal PHMSA grants to replace and rehabilitate cast and ductile iron gas mains, with no local match required.
The Richmond Finance and Economic Development Standing Committee voted to forward two ordinances to the full council that would accept federal grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to support repair and replacement of natural gas pipelines.
The measures are Ordinance 2025-158, to accept $15,700,000, and Ordinance 2025-159, to accept $39,100,000. Dan Reifenberg of the Department of Public Utilities told the committee both awards are reimbursements from PHMSA and require no city match. He said the awards are the second and third rounds of multi-year grants tied to a larger federal program that totals about $1 billion across five years; the city accepted an earlier $10,000,000 award in 2022.
Reifenberg said the funds will be used to replace cast and ductile iron gas mains and related equipment and that the grants operate as full reimbursements — the utility spends the funds and then seeks reimbursement through PHMSA.
The committee held a public hearing; no members of the public spoke in support or opposition. The committee voted to forward both ordinances with a recommendation to approve. The recorded vote was Miss Lynch: Aye; Vice Chair Jones: Aye; Chair Robertson: Aye.
The ordinances will proceed to the full council for consideration.
