Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company Requests Authorization to Place Evangeline Pass Expansion Project Facilities In-Service

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The Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C. has submitted a request to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to place the Evangeline Pass Expansion Project facilities, specifically the 4-Mile Loop, into service by May 29, 2025. This request is a supplement to the original request filed on May 6, 2025, which was due to weather-related construction and restoration delays. The company has attached photographs and a table detailing the restoration and rehabilitation activities for the Project facilities, which are expected to be complete by the proposed in-service date.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C. has submitted a request to FERC to place the Evangeline Pass Expansion Project facilities in-service by May 29, 2025.
  • The request is a supplement to the original request filed on May 6, 2025, due to weather-related construction and restoration delays.
  • The company has attached photographs and a table detailing the restoration and rehabilitation activities for the Project facilities, which are expected to be complete by the proposed in-service date.
  • Environmental Condition No. 10 of the Order requires that authorization to place facilities in-service will only be granted following a determination that the rehabilitation and restoration of the areas affected by the Project are proceeding satisfactorily.
  • TGP has filed monthly status reports showing the construction and restoration progress of the Project since the Order was issued on March 25, 2022.
  • The restoration activities associated with the Project facilities, except for clean-up and final restoration, are expected to be complete by the proposed in-service date.
  • The Project facilities identified below will be mechanically complete and physically ready to flow on May 25, 2025, as shown in the table.

Statistics:

  • The 4-Mile Loop has 21% of its clean-up activities completed.
  • 82% of its final restoration activities are complete.
  • 95% of its backfill activities are complete.
  • 100% of its grading, pipe trench, and lowering-in activities are complete.
  • The table detailing the restoration and rehabilitation activities for the Project facilities can be found in Attachment A.

Sources:

  • Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C. and Southern Natural Gas Company, L.L.C., 178 FERC P 61,199 (2022) ("Order").
  • Certified document submitted to FERC on May 19, 2025, regarding the Evangeline Pass Expansion Project Supplemental Request to Place Facilities In-Service - 4-Mile Loop.