Massive Gas Pipeline Gets Final Green Light From Feds After Years Of Activist Pressure, Delays

A major natural gas pipeline is now cleared to begin operations after enduring a wide array of setbacks.

The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), running about 300 miles from West Virginia to Virginia and North Carolina, received the final green light from the Federal ⚡Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in a Tuesday filing. The project overcame a bevy of challenges along the way, including a sustained climate activist pressure campaign, billions of dollars in cost overruns and legal challenges.

“We are pleased with the agencies’ decisions and the related communications regarding in-service authorization for the MVP project,” a spokesperson for Equitrans Midstream, the lead partner behind the project, said in a statement shared with the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation. “Final preparations are underway to begin commercial operations.”

Construction on the pipeline started in 2018, after its developers received the required permits, with Equitrans expecting at the time that the project would cost about $3.5 billion and come online later that year, according to Reuters. Ultimately, the pipeline’s final price tag was $7.85 billion after years of delays.

The pipeline will bring natural gas extracted in West Virginia to customers in the mid-Atlantic and southern Atlantic regions of the country,