/tags/natural-gas Natural Gas en-US Copyright Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:14:04 GMT /environment/2024-10-29/person-county-air-permit-moriah-energy-center The Moriah Energy Center is a liquified natural gas storage facility under construction in Person County. Some community members worry the project will cause toxic air and water pollution. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:14:04 GMT /environment/2024-10-29/person-county-air-permit-moriah-energy-center Celeste Gracia /environment/2024-08-05/moriah-energy-center-person-county-community-backlash-dominion-energy The Moriah Energy Center is a planned liquified natural gas storage facility. Dominion Energy says the project is needed to support increasing customer demand. Some community members worry the facility will cause air and water pollution. Mon, 05 Aug 2024 19:40:16 GMT /environment/2024-08-05/moriah-energy-center-person-county-community-backlash-dominion-energy Celeste Gracia /environment/2023-09-06/dominion-energy-sells-north-carolina-gas-business-canadian Dominion delivers natural gas to half a million customers in the Triangle, suburban Charlotte, and the western part of the state. Wed, 06 Sep 2023 16:35:19 GMT /environment/2023-09-06/dominion-energy-sells-north-carolina-gas-business-canadian Bradley George /news/2023-07-25/nc-gov-cooper-opposes-natural-gas-pipeline-extension Cooper submitted a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday calling the Southgate pipeline unnecessary. Tue, 25 Jul 2023 14:51:47 GMT /news/2023-07-25/nc-gov-cooper-opposes-natural-gas-pipeline-extension Bradley George /2023-07-21/federal-regulators-public-comment-pipeline-extension-rockingham-alamance The MVP Southgate project is an extension of the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline, which would carry natural gas from West Virginia close to the North Carolina state line. Fri, 21 Jul 2023 15:23:32 GMT /2023-07-21/federal-regulators-public-comment-pipeline-extension-rockingham-alamance Bradley George /business-economy/2021-09-14/deal-lets-piedmont-raise-natural-gas-rates-but-by-less-than-requested Business and residential customers of Piedmont Natural Gas could see their rates go up Nov. 1 under an agreement the company reached last week with customer groups and the state's utility consumer advocate. Tue, 14 Sep 2021 20:32:27 GMT /business-economy/2021-09-14/deal-lets-piedmont-raise-natural-gas-rates-but-by-less-than-requested David Boraks /environment/2021-06-16/wide-ranging-nc-energy-bill-would-mean-significant-move-to-natural-gas State House Republicans have introduced wide-ranging energy legislation. One of the proposals in the Modernize Energy Generation measure is to transition five Duke Energy coal plants in North Carolina to mostly natural gas by 2030. Wed, 16 Jun 2021 21:22:44 GMT /environment/2021-06-16/wide-ranging-nc-energy-bill-would-mean-significant-move-to-natural-gas Celeste Gracia, Laura Pellicer /environment/2021-01-05/regulators-get-plan-for-undoing-the-atlantic-coast-pipeline The developers of the now-canceled Atlantic Coast Pipeline have laid out plans for how they want to go about unwinding the work that was done for the… Tue, 05 Jan 2021 17:57:53 GMT /environment/2021-01-05/regulators-get-plan-for-undoing-the-atlantic-coast-pipeline Associated Press /show/the-state-of-things/2019-12-10/atlantic-coast-pipe-dreams-protests-and-politics Construction of the planned 600-mile underground pipeline is already behind schedule. Protests and bureaucratic hurdles plague the Atlantic Coast… Tue, 10 Dec 2019 17:04:06 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-12-10/atlantic-coast-pipe-dreams-protests-and-politics Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /environment/2019-12-10/atlantic-coast-pipe-dreams-protests-and-politics Construction of the planned 600-mile underground pipeline is already behind schedule. Protests and bureaucratic hurdles plague the Atlantic Coast… Tue, 10 Dec 2019 17:04:06 GMT /environment/2019-12-10/atlantic-coast-pipe-dreams-protests-and-politics Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio