VNG Interconnect
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VNG Interconnect, formerly the Header Improvement Project, is a cancelled gas pipeline in the United States.[1]
Location
The pipeline was proposed to run from Prince William County, Virginia to Fauqier County, Virginia, United States.[1]
Project details
- Operator: Virginia Natural Gas[1]
- Owner: Virginia Natural Gas[1]
- Parent company: Southern Company Gas
- Capacity:
- Status: Cancelled[1]
- Start year:
- Cost: US$346 million[2]
- Financing:
- Associated infrastructure:
Background
The project was originally proposed as the Header Improvement Project, and was meant to serve the Charles City Combined-Cycle Gas Turbine (C4GT) and Chickahominy gas plant in Charles City County,[1] stretching from Prince William County in Northern Virginia south to the city of Chesapeake.[2] Virginia Natural Gas (VNG) proposed to construct three new fracked-gas pipelines with a total length of 24 miles, and three new or expanded gas compressor stations from Northern Virginia, through the middle of the state, and over to Hampton Roads.[3][4]
In December 2020, Virginia State Corporation Commission rejected the request for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity necessary to approve the project.[2] The project would impact sites and communities in Prince William County, Charles City County, Caroline County and the city of Chesapeake.[2] The project was cancelled after heavy opposition from activists and after VNG was unable to prove that C4GT had secured adequate financing.[1] The project was renamed the VNG Interconnect, and would have connected to the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline.[5][6]
The project was cancelled in 2021, citing the shifting financial priorities of developers.[7]
Opposition
The project came under heavy criticism from activist for its reckless permit avoidance.[1] The project was nicknamed "Header Injustice Project" by the activists.[4][8]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Laura Cofsky (2021-03-23). "Virginia Natural Gas Files to Withdraw Their Application for the Interconnect Project - Chesapeake Climate Action Network". Chesapeake Climate Action Network. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Tamara Dietrich. "Virginia board rejects application for natural gas pipeline expansion project". Bay Journal. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
- ↑ "Header Improvement Project (HIP)". vaipl.org. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "We Defeated The Header Injustice Project: Virginia's Latest Fracked Gas Threat - Chesapeake Climate Action Network". Chesapeake Climate Action Network. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
- ↑ "https://virginiamercury.com/2020/12/16/despite-setbacks-for-new-natural-gas-projects-companies-push-forward-with-plans/".
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ↑ Robbins, Denise (2021-03-23). "Virginia Natural Gas Files to Withdraw Their Application for the Interconnect Project - Chesapeake Climate Action Network". Chesapeake Climate Action Network. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
- ↑ Laura Cofsky, VNG concludes the Interconnect Project is “no longer needed”, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, March 23, 2021
- ↑ "Header Injustice Project is Dismissed by State Corporation Commission". www.sierraclub.org. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
