Two power companies seeking to build a large natural gas plant in South Carolina are being accused of supporting a pipeline that will needlessly affect the environment and private property as the pipe brings gas to the facility in Colleton County.
Dominion and Santee Cooper have invited a Texas headquartered company to deliver natural gas to the Colleton County plant at Canadys, Carolina Gas says. The Texas company’, identified as Kinder Morgan, would run a new pipeline into South Carolina, instead of using existing pipeline corridors, as proposed by Carolina Gas Transmission, the S.C. company says.
In contrast to the Kinder Morgan plan, the Carolina Gas proposal “is tailored to serve the Canadys plant, while preserving environmental features,’’ the ad said. “With existing Carolina Gas assets, we avoid crossing the Savannah and Coosawhatchie Rivers.’’…