Once the price of natural gas soars, as it will, it will be a different story.
What is the capacity of the natural gas pipelines in the TMI service area?
I hear the pipeline permits can take forever.
They may want to get on it now.
As far as I know, none of the pipelines are in the TMI area. Lots are being built in western PA and WV. If you’re traveling and see large stockpiles of green coated pipe, that’s a staging area for the pipeline. Those pipelines are under construction. It’s going to be a mixed bag with exports providing an impetus to higher prices and a larger amount of shale play gas getting moved to market and putting downward pressure on the price of gas. The wild card is how many natural gas fired power plants will come online. In the early nineties a similar construction frenzy spiked the price of natural gas. Enron had around 200 units on order when they went bankrupt.