The Southeast Supply Enhancement Project from Transco Williams is a gigantic fossil fuel expansion proposal that crosses five states. By some accounts, it would be the South’s biggest gas infrastructure expansion in the last decade.

Federal regulators at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) are accepting public comments on their “Environmental Assessment.” This assessment is deeply insufficient. Regulators need to conduct a full Environmental Impact Statement - and deny the project’s permit - for these reasons: 

• Public engagement; multiple NC counties along the route have passed ordinances in opposition to the SSEP. But no public hearings for the EA were held. FERC is only accepting comments for 30 days over a holiday - not the full 90 days. 
• Colocation with MVP Southgate; FERC is considering granting permits to two gigantic pipelines with similar routes. A full impact statement is critical to give us the best chance to stop both projects.

Sign our petition to demand a full environmental review of the SSEP. We will submit this petition to FERC before the 12/1 deadline.

Sign the petition today.

We, the undersigned members of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) call on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to prepare a full Environmental Impact Statement for the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project (SSEP). 

CCAN is the first nonprofit in the Chesapeake region dedicated exclusively to fighting global warming in the Chesapeake region. For 20 years our members in Virginia and across the United States have called for increased public participation and a true accounting of the environmental costs when evaluating fossil fuel infrastructure projects.

The SSEP (Docket No. CP25-10-000) if permitted, would add 1.6 million dekatherms per day of pipeline transportation capacity to Transco’s system and be colocated with the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Southgate Extension. The published EA’s analysis of colocation and cumulative impacts is insufficient for a project of this size. 

Local officials and members of the public impacted by this project are demanding more oversight. Forsyth and Guilford Counties as well as the town of Midway passed resolutions opposing or calling for robust evaluation of the SSEP. For a project with such significant interest, FERC should allow 90 days for comments and conduct at least one in-person hearing.

To make a fully informed decision about the project, FERC should prepare a full Environmental Impact Statement with strong consideration of a “no action” alternative.   

Ultimately, we urge FERC to reject the project.