Leaders at Tulsa’s Williams Companies must be holding their collective breath following a critical vote this week by New York’s Public Service Commission on a plan to supply natural gas to New York City.
The Commission did not specifically vote to support the Williams’ Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline to carry gas from New Jersey to New York City. But it agreed to authorize a plan from utility National Grid to supply natural gas to New York City that includes construction of the controversial Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline that would run beneath New York Harbor, reported WRGB 6 News in Albany.
Part of the plan includes the Northeast Supply Enhancement line that Williams wants to receive and has received some early approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. However, the Public Service Commission did not vote on the NESE. But it is part of National Grid’s long-term gas plan, one the company calls a blueprint necessary to make sure reliable energy is there for millions of downstate New Yorkers…