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Mariner East 2 Operational, Marks Critical Infrastructure Success for PA

January 2, 2019
Over the weekend Energy Transfer announced that its flagship natural gas pipeline – Mariner East 2 – has gone into operation. The pipeline, originally announced in 2014, marks the introduction of a key infrastructure component for Pennsylvania and the energy… Read More ►

Mariner East 2’s Coming Completion Signals Energy Security and Statewide Benefit

December 27, 2018
The recent news cycles around the Mariner East 1 and 2 projects have lost sight of important benefits being delivered by the pipeline project stretching from Ohio to Pennsylvania. A recent Pivot Today article reminds all of the vital benefits… Read More ►

Statement: Report Endorses Safety of Mariner East 2

December 20, 2018
An independent analysis compiled for West Goshen Township in Chester County on the use of a 12-inch pipeline on Mariner East 2 concludes that the pipeline builder meets and exceeds a number of requirements of the federal pipeline safety regulations,… Read More ►

Infrastructure Protests and Delay Proven Costly to All

December 18, 2018
The Global Energy Institute, a branch of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, released a report analyzing the costs associated with delayed, stalled, and halted infrastructure projects. This research is important to Pennsylvania for a number of reasons: Pennsylvania’s abundant resource… Read More ►

Video: Pipelines Benefit Small Business In Numerous Ways

December 18, 2018
Locals throughout Pennsylvania have been experiencing the benefits from natural gas for years now though the completion and activation of the Mariner East 2 pipeline will ensure those benefits increase and broaden. Dale Kaplan, a Pennsylvania small business owner, has… Read More ►

Pipeline Opponents Want Special Treatment

December 13, 2018
A Delco Times editorial published today broadly focused on the recent legal victories clearing the way for the Mariner East 2 pipeline project to become operational. Within the editorial longtime pipeline opponent Senator Andy Dinniman expressed frustrations with PA PUC… Read More ►

A Series of Legal Rulings Sanction ME2

December 13, 2018
In the last week, the Mariner East 2 pipeline project has cleared two legal hurdles pipeline opponents pushed as last ditch efforts in hopes of stopping the project from becoming operational. The decisions came from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court –… Read More ►

Court Confirms ME2

December 11, 2018
Today, Public Utilities Commission Administrative Law Judge Elizabeth Barnes ruled against pipeline opponents saying that of the four requirements needed to issue an ‘Interim Emergency Order’ none were met by the complaints. This is just the latest last ditch effort… Read More ►