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Challenges in Transmission

Our consultancy specializes in addressing environmental and public affairs challenges within the energy sector, including oil and gas, LNG, electric transmission, and infrastructure compliance. We offer services like feasibility studies, GIS data management, permitting, and compliance with federal regulations such as NEPA. Recent projects include the Zephyr and Skiffes Creek Transmission Line Projects and the Blue Grass Pipeline. We focus on enhancing project predictability through effective inter-agency coordination and public outreach, ensuring successful project outcomes amid complex regulatory landscapes.

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Challenges in Transmission

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  1. Challenges in Transmission

  2. Environmental and Public Affairs Consulting for the Energy Industry • Energy Sectors • Oil & Gas • Pipeline • Storage • LNG • Electric Transmission • Construction, Operation & Maintenance • Existing Oil & Gas Pipeline • Construction Compliance • Facility Compliance • Air Quality Monitoring

  3. A Few of Our Clients

  4. Client Services • Feasibility Studies • and Routing • GIS & Data Management • Permitting & Field Surveys • Public Affairs • Construction and Operational • Compliance

  5. Federal Agency Work • Primarily 3rd Party NEPA Reviews • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission • US Forest Service • Bureau of Land Management • California State Lands Commission

  6. Some Recent or Current Projects • Zephyr Transmission Line Project • (500kV HVDC – Duke Energy, American • Transmission Co.) • Skiffes Creek Transmission Line Project • (500/230kV – Dominion Virginia Power) • Blue Grass Pipeline Project • (1,100-mile liquids pipeline - Williams and Boardwalk Pipeline Partners)

  7. Siting and Permitting Large Interstate Projects • Barriers for Projects Requiring Federal Authorizations • Identification of NEPA lead (if needed) • Application may be needed to begin consultation • Interagency coordination during consultation • Long and uncertain regulatory schedule • Lower predictability • Higher project risk for meeting commercial targets • Higher project cost

  8. DOE Integrated Inter-Agency Pre-Application (IIP) Process • Coordinates Pre-Application Activities – proponent and agencies, tribes, and non-federal entities • Requires federal agencies to participate in pre-application consultations • Focuses on project siting (study corridors, routing) and public outreach process • Forces proponent to do its project planning • Identifies the NEPA lead agency • Sets the stage for faster NEPA review and greater project predictability

  9. What IIP Does Not Address • Committing the agencies to a defined NEPA review schedule • Initiating NEPA review earlier • FERC’s typical major pipeline EIS schedule - 16-18 months • Includes FERC’s pre-application process • Proponent planning and pre-application process overlaps NEPA review

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