TGP’s Cumberland Natural Gas Pipe, Already Underway, Halted by Sixth Circuit Ruling

Oct 16, 2024

By Carolyn Davis

A natural gas project in Tennessee that would provide the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) with 245,000 Dth/d to replace a coal-fired power plant has been temporarily paused by an appeals court, which sided with environmental groups.

FERC last year issued a favorable final environmental impact statement for the Cumberland Project, clearing the way for approval by the Commission (No. CP22-493-000). Construction of the 32-mile, 30-inch diameter lateral by Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) subsidiary Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC (TGP) began in late August.

Water crossing work for the project, built entirely in Tennessee, was imminent.

Carolyn Davis joined the editorial staff of NGI in Houston in May of 2000. Prior to that, she covered regulatory issues for environmental and occupational safety and health publications. She also has worked as a reporter for several daily newspapers in Texas, including the Waco Tribune-Herald, the Temple Daily Telegram and the Killeen Daily Herald. She attended Texas A&M University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Houston.

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