A pipeline company makes plans to build two natural gas pipelines in New York State, a major reversal that is equivalent to a bet according to which the Trump administration will be able to make strong arms states to sign energy projects.
New York had blocked the two pipelines, called Constitution and Northeast Supply, improving supply, on environmental concerns. But the Trump administration clearly indicated that it wanted more oil and gas infrastructure, including in the Northeast, where pipelines had become so difficult to build that companies had almost abandoned.
The decision of pipeline activity, Williams Companies, to officially restart efforts to build pipelines comes a week after the Trump administration withdrew his opposition To a wind energy project, Empire Wind, off the coast of Long Island, after weeks of lobbying by Governor Kathy Hochul of New York.
As part of the discussions on the leash of the wind wind, Ms. Hochul said she would work with the Trump administration On new energy projects that respect the law of the state, although it does not explicitly mention the pipelines. But Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, Published later on X That Ms. Hochul had pointed out a “desire to move forward on the critical capacity of the pipeline”.
The Constitution pipeline was designed to transport gas to more than 100 miles from the northeast of Pennsylvania towards Albany. The project to improve the northeast supply of the northeast less known and shorter would take place largely underwater, from New Jersey to New York.
Williams, based in Tulsa, Okla., Said on Thursday that he was in talks with state officials on the two projects and had asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to restore a permit for the improvement of the northeast supply.
