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Staff alerts board to Mountain Valley Pipeline FERC filing for Elliston booster station
Summary
Montgomery County staff said Mountain Valley Pipeline has requested permission from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to add a fourth booster station in Elliston, which would increase pipeline throughput; staff noted the county has no regulatory authority over the booster.
Staff informed the board that Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) has filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to add a fourth booster station in Elliston. According to the staff update, the filing shows an increase in throughput on the discussed pipeline segment from roughly 2,000,000,000 to 2,600,000,000 cubic feet per day.
Staff emphasized that Montgomery County does not have regulatory authority over that booster-station proposal and said they were raising the item to make the board aware of the FERC filing and the potential increase in pipeline capacity affecting the region. The presentation included a map of the current line and the proposed location, and staff said the information was drawn from the MVP filing and related materials.
No local action or formal board directive was recorded in the transcript related to the MVP filing during the meeting.
