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Regional utilities describe $1.1 billion plan for 137-mile gas pipeline; Jackson County asked to cooperate on rights-of-way
Summary
Scottsboro Water, Sewer & Gas and partner utilities briefed the Jackson County Commission on an early-stage plan to build a 137-mile, 36-inch natural-gas pipeline through North Alabama under a new North Alabama Public Energy District; the project would be publicly owned and could take several years to finance and build.
Representatives of regional utilities told the Jackson County Commission they have formed the North Alabama Public Energy District and are in early-stage planning for a 137-mile, 36-inch natural-gas pipeline estimated at roughly $1.1 billion.
Jimmy Green, chair of the newly formed district and a representative of Scottsboro Water, Sewer & Gas, said the region's existing pipelines are largely fully subscribed and that businesses and some utilities already face interruptible service at peak demand. Green said the district was formed in…
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