2022-07-01 Support for MVP FERC Certificate Extension PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION#2022-07-01
SUPPORT FOR MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPELINE'S FERC CERTIFICATE
EXTENSION
At the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors' ("Board")Business Meeting held on July
19, 2022, the following Resolution was presented and adopted:
WHEREAS, the Mountain Valley Pipeline ("MVP") is a proposed underground interstate
natural gas pipeline that will span three hundred and three (303) miles from northwestern West
Virginia to southern Virginia("Project'); and
WHEREAS,currently,the total Project is nearly ninety-four percent(94%)complete,with
all three (3) compression stations one hundred percent (100%) complete, ninety percent (90%) of
all pipeline work complete, and more than fifty percent (50%) of full restoration of the right-of-
way complete; and
WHEREAS,Equitrans Midstream Corporation will operate the Project and it is anticipated
that the Project will be fully operational in the second half of 2023; and
WHEREAS, in 2017, and after three (3) years of review, the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission ("FERC") issued a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity ("Certificate")
for the Project; and
WHEREAS, FERC issued an extension of two (2) years in 2020 due to ongoing legal
challenges that prevented the Project from being completed as originally scheduled; and
WHEREAS, on June 24, 2022, MVP requested an extension of its Certificate for four (4)
years to provide predictability and stability about the status of the Project's central federal
authorization while agencies work to finalize outstanding permits that will allow MVP to complete
construction.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Board does hereby fully
support MVP's FERC Certificate extension for the following non-exhaustive reasons:
• Completing the Project and fully restoring the right-of-way is the most effective way to
prevent erosion and sediment control issues;
• The Project's capacity if fully subscribed (meaning, it has all been purchased);
• According to market analyses by Wood Mackenzie, global energy consultant, demand for
natural gas pipeline transportation capacity in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic Regions
support the Project;
• Natural gas is the preferred fuel source of major manufacturers;
• Once the Project is operational, it will generate approximately ten million dollars
($10,000,000)of new annual ad valorem tax revenue for Virginia localities along the route;
• In the summer of 2018,approximately two thousand and five hundred(2,500)workers were
employed on the Project's construction in Virginia, with roughly a third(1/3)of those being
Virginia residents;
• Once operational, the Project will generate up to one million and eight hundred thousand
dollars ($1,800,000)of new ad valorem taxes (property taxes) in Pittsylvania County;
• The federal government has credited the increased use of natural gas and the declining use
of coal as a major factor in the reduction in carbon emissions in the United States by more
than eleven percent(11 %)between 2008 and 2017; and
• The Project is being built using best practices and modern safety features, including 24/7
remote monitoring.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board does hereby authorize the Board Clerk,
or designee, to submit this Resolution into the record under the public comment portion of the
related pending Project FERC Certificate Extension Request Hearing.
Given under my hand thisl9th day of July, 2022.
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