CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – A rare opportunity has presented itself to the City of Clarksville, as a natural gas pipeline is planned to stretch from Cadiz, Kentucky, to the state line, offering a redundant supply of natural gas for Clarksville.
A resolution was approved last week by the City Council that enters the Clarksville Gas & Water Department into an interlocal agreement with the Pennyrile Regional Energy Agency (PREA), which will supply CGW with natural gas.
‘What this project probably should have been from Day 1’
At last Tuesday’s council meeting, CGW General Manager Mark Riggins said that some may remember that many years ago Gas & Water had plans to run a redundant line from Elkton, Kentucky, to Clarksville. CGW did not end up pursuing the project, which led to the proposal that went before the City Council under new business this month.
“This agreement with PREA is what this project probably should have been from Day 1,” Riggins said. “PREA is actually running the line, not from Elkton, but Cadiz, all the way to the Clarksville/Guthrie area. They’re going all the way to Cadiz where they have two 30-inch pipelines with ANR, who can serve all the needs of us and many more.”
A rare opportunity for redundant gas source
Just as Clarksville has its second water treatment plant that they’re building now, as well as the second sewer treatment plant that they are studying, this project would allow redundancy in the supply of natural gas, said Riggins…