Renaissance Gas Transmission seeks to build a high-volume natural gas pipeline acros South Central Tennessee through North Alabama and Northwest Georgia on its way to Atlanta.LANDOWNERSRenaissance Gas Transmission will send letters to landowners along the proposed routing corridor informing them of the project and asking permission to survey areas of their properties, according to company officials. The company will “seek opportunities to discuss the project directly with each landowner in small face-to-face discussions and information meetings,” officials said in a prepared statement. Stakeholder meetings could begin as soon as this summer to identify project-related issues. The discussions will allow Renaissance to address concerns before it files its applications with federal and state agencies.
A high-volume natural gas pipeline could wind across a 230-mile gap from South Central Tennessee through North Alabama and Northwest Georgia on its way to link with a pipeline northeast of Atlanta.
Officials with Houston, Texas-based Spectra Energy Corp. say that, if a green light follows assessments by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and other federal, state and local authorities, the proposed pipeline will connect directly the company’s Texas Eastern system in Columbia, Tenn., to the Transco Interstate pipeline system near Lawrenceville, Ga.
The pipeline’s capacity is projected at 1.25 billion cubic feet per day, and it could be operational by mid-2016, Spectra Energy spokeswoman Andrea Grover said.
The project is “still in the early development stage,” she said, and the company recently did a study to see if there’s any interest in the pipeline project from the natural gas industry.