Natural gas pipeline construction begins

Natural gas pipeline construction begins
Pearl River – Construction of the 182-mile-long Millennium Pipeline has begun. The 30-inch diameter buried natural gas pipeline, being built by Millennium Pipeline, LLC, will run from Greenwood in the Southern Tier of New York to Ramapo in the Hudson Valley and pass through Delaware, Sullivan, Orange and Rockland counties.The project will be constructed over a two-year period, with some restoration work extending into 2009.The pipeline is anchored by its customers KeySpan Energy Delivery Long Island, Consolidated Edison of New York, Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation, and Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation.The line will serve markets along its route in the Southern Tier and Hudson Valley as well as provide service to the New York City markets through its pipeline interconnections.Millennium will transport up to 525,400 dekatherms per day when it goes into service in November 2008.The company is jointly owned by affiliates of NiSource, Inc., KeySpan Corporation, and DTE Energy.