[thackney]

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (TGP), a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., proposes the Northeast Energy Direct Project to upgrade its existing pipeline system in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut. This project is a combination of TGP’s proposed Pennsylvania to Wright, N.Y. and Wright to Dracut, Mass. projects.

The NED Project is being developed to meet the increased demand in the Northeast United States for transportation capacity of natural gas. Natural gas is a clean, environmentally friendly energy source that is produced domestically.

Proposed Project Facilities:

- 50 miles of looping of the existing TGP 300 Line in Pennsylvania

- 117 miles of greenfield pipeline from the TGP 300 Line to Wright, N.Y.

- 50 miles co-located with the existing TGP 200 Line in New York and Massachusetts

- 129 miles of greenfield pipeline in Massachusetts to Dracut, Mass.

- Lateral construction and modification of existing laterals to serve markets

- Modifications to existing and construction of new compressor stations and meter stations

http://www.kindermorgan.com/business/gas_pipelines/east/neenergydirect/

[mazda77]

This is like the idiots wailing about above ground transmission wires and the phony EMF claims of doom and then off to bed they go snuggled under their electric blankets.

[libertarian27]

It’s going through Richmond. MA?

Where Governor Deval Patrick has a house?
Zero’s Mini-Me...he’ll probably do his darn-est to send it somewhere else.

[babble-on]

So, it will destroy property values to have a clean cheap reliable energy source rather than having oil trucks rumbling through.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Gee, who’dda thunk it? There’s NIMBYs in a Berkshire County hobby farm town?

[Pearls Before Swine]

MA could definitely use more NG capacity.

Compensate the guy with the hayfield and get on with it.

[PA Engineer]

“It would go in front of our house. It would go through this hay field,” said Pat Worth, one of those residents. Worth is afraid her 25-acre farm in rural Royalston will be ruined if a natural gas pipeline is ever allowed to be built.

“It will destroy property values,” she said. “It will destroy any inheritance to our children. This is not a good thing.”

I just shake my head. I started out on R.O.W. studies (Northern Boarder Pipeline) with post commissioning inspections. If it wasn't for the line markers and test stations, you would not even know the line exists after restoration. There is nothing to prevent this person from "farming" after installation and land owners are well compensated for the impact.

I firmly believe there should be different per therm rate value at city gates to take into account a local NIMBY fee. This would put an end to a lot of this insane behavior. Let the locals see and pay for the crazy ones amongst them.

[Paine in the Neck]

“It will destroy property values,” she said. “It will destroy any inheritance to our children. This is not a good thing.”

Do without, then.

[dead]

Our entire nation is going to whinge itself to a mewling halt.

[MamaTexan]

“It will destroy property values,” she said. “It will destroy any inheritance to our children. This is not a good thing.”

I understand no one want's to have their property torn up, but I grew up where one of the defining features of the neighborhood was a set of NG pipelines that ran along the bayou I grew up by.... and there was never an issue.

Yet one has to wonder if these people wailing over it being built are the same ones who will be gnashing their teeth when the price skyrockets due to lack of supply.

[ScottinVA]

Whether it’s wind power generation in Nantucket Sound or the natural gas pipeline in the western part of the state, MA residents can be counted on for a NIMBY response.

[Riflema]

So this is less safe than the huge refrigerated gas tanker that comes in to Boston harbor from Trinidad every month?

Nice NIMBY-on-NIMBY fight shaping up between the cities of Boston/Everett/Chelsea (mostly LIV's) and the elites in Richmond!

Put the popcorn on.

[knarf]

THEY FRIKKIN' PAY YOU TO USE YOUR LAND AND RECOVER IT SO WELL ... IT LOOKS LIKE BEFORE

I've seen literally hundreds of properties torn up for pipeline, and put back to pasture (or whatever) with no visible way of knowing what they did last year.

Hell .. I wish they'd use MY land ... they pay very well per foot.

[woodbutcher1963]

It is about time someone built another ng pipeline up here. I just received my prebuy heating oil contract from my local company for this coming heating season. Their offering is $3.549/gallon. This translates into me spending between $3700-4000 if I just heat my 2700 square foot house with oil. To get this price, I must go on automatic delivery and purchase 500 or more gallons. I will use at least 1000 gallons. I am typical of a New England consumer.
Therefore, I will be installing a Harman Pellet insert this fall. With the price of pellets vs. oil it should pay off in about 4-5 years. The installation of the stove will be just under $5000. Pellets run about $220/ton. A typical house will use between 4-6 tons of pellets throughout the season.

These people out in western Mass need to get over themselves. Buried pipelines do not effect their property values like an electric transmission line. As you can see from your map there is a great need for transmission lines into New England. Most of the current supply goes to generate electricity. I am on a rural road. I do not foresee a natural gas line ever being installed in front of my house in southern NH. If you look at your map, I live about where the “g” in Hillsborough County is in NH. The current gas lines go north along the Merrimack river through the cities of Nashua, Manchester and Concord. Of the 50 people in my office, only 3 of us have ng at our house. Almost all of us heat with oil or propane. Many of us have wood or pellet stoves as a secondary heat source.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Dracut, Sommerville with trees.

[Sherman Logan]

Electric transmission lines, railroads and pipelines, among other utilities, provide little if any direct benefit to the people whose land they cross.

But they are absolutely essential if products are to be moved around efficiently. Which is precisely why the Constitution allows for eminent domain. Even if it’s abused wildly today.

[factoryrat]

Route the pipelines through a different region, cut off ALL of the existing pipelines into Massachusetts, and let all of them freeze in the dark. Actions have consequences. Choose wisely.