The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved an amendment to MVP Southgate’s Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, recognizing the amended project is needed to meet public demand.
FERC Chair Laura Swett commended the amended MVP Southgate project at the start of the Commission’s December Open Meeting. “I wanted to highlight this project because the amendment is a great story of efficiency,” she said, noting the amended project provided additional capacity “at less than half the original length and substantially fewer water crossings and fewer environmental impacts than the original plan."
Originally proposed in 2018, the MVP Southgate received its certificate of public convenience and necessity in 2020.
In 2023, Mountain Valley notified the FERC of a planned redesign of the MVP Southgate project, which included the shorter route, wider diameter pipe and elimination of a previously proposed compressor station. The amended project’s capacity is fully subscribed under long-term agreements with PSNC and Duke.
As the commission concluded, the amended MVP Southgate project is needed to meet public demand for natural gas, and its construction and operation will have no significant environmental impact. MVP Southgate’s capacity remains fully subscribed and the project, as its shippers have repeatedly noted, is of vital importance to Virginia and North Carolina’s economic and energy security.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources also recently approved MVP Southgate’s application for water quality certification.
Construction is targeted to start in 2026.
