Tag Archives: Sabal Trail Transmission

Lowndes vs. Florida Pipeline

The VDT got some good quotes from Spectra and from landowners, and even from a Lowndes County Commissioners at the

Spectra dog and pony at Wiregrass Tech last week.
Not the whole story, though; this one has legs.

Matthew Woody wrote for the VDT today,

Lowndes residents oppose Fla. pipeline,

Sabal Trail Transmission held an open house at Wiregrass Georgia
Technical College last week to explain the Florida natural gas
pipeline expected to run through South Georgia.

Sabal Trail had bulletin boards depicting aerial photos with the
proposed 600-foot corridor mapped out with two red dotted lines
running parallel to one another. In the center of these dotted
lines, there was a brown line which highlighted an existing
pipeline.

He got a bit more detail from Spectra rep Andrea Grover
about Option A (the current proposed pipeline path) vs. Option B: Continue reading →

Fracking at VSU

It’s good to see fracking reviewed in the VSU Spectator,

including that it’s

coming to Georgia
unless we stop it, and we should stop it.
It’s unfortunate the story ends with a bad idea when
there’s a much better idea already rapidly being deployed: solar power.

Stephen Cavallaro wrote yesterday for the VSU Spectator,

Fracking hits Georgia,

Fracking, the process of harvesting the environmentally unfriendly
natural gas called shale that is being pushed by the government,
plows its way through Georgia.

More like being pushed by fossil fuel companies who have bought too many
politicians.

In March, I discussed a deal backed by the government between
British-owned Centrica and American-owned Cheniere. The agreement
was that Cheniere would spread toxic chemicals across America in
order to fuel millions of British homes.

Kind of like Continue reading →

Spectra maps @ Pipeline 2013-10-16

The path of the pipeline through Lowndes County
(and part of Brooks and Hamilton) is shown in these
maps that were on easels at the

Spectra presentation at Wiregrass Tech last night.

Brooks @ US 84 and Withlacoochee River:

Lowndes @ Spain Ferry Road:

Continue reading →

Spectra met Lowndes and Valdosta @ Pipeline 2013-10-16

Spectra Energy subsidiary Sabal Trail Transmission held

a landowner one-on-one at Wiregrass Tech last night.
Matthew Woody of the VDT was there, as was one Valdosta City Council
member, one Lowndes County Commissioner, and at least two county staff,
plus some landowners (“might as well get something out of this”,
several said at the food bar), one of whom was a match for Andrea Grover.

Matthew Woody, VDT:

Continue reading →

Pipeline dog and pony in Albany Monday

Monday in Albany, Tuesday
in Moultrie,
and

tonight in Valdosta,
the pipeline roadshow is rolling through Georgia towards Florida.
These are not public hearings or town halls:
the pipeline company seems to be trying to get landowners in the path
to show up, but anybody can attend.

Brad McEwen wrote for the Albany Herald yesterday,

Residents attend pipeline forum,

Sabal Trail Transmission LLC, which is a joint venture between
energy giants Spectra Energy Corp. and NextEra Energy Inc., hosted
the event to give citizens an opportunity to ask questions and learn
more about the proposed project.

Set up like an open house, the forum had 15 Sabal Trail subject
matter experts on hand to greet residents and Continue reading →

Spectra pipeline meeting tonight at Wiregrass Tech @ Pipeline 2013-10-16

Spectra Energy will tell us how great their proposed pipeline will be,
as it

cuts a 100-foot wide path from Anniston, Alabama to Orlando, Florida
through south Georgia,

using eminent domain to make you sell your land,
to deliver gas
from fracking in Pennsylvania
for the benefit of

Florida Power and Light.
Maybe you’d like to ask Spectra reps

Brian Fahrenthold
or
Andrea Grover a few questions,
like can we see a map of the proposed route, with parcel numbers,
and what about those

fines for violating federal regulations and Spectra’s own corporate operating procedures?

Added:
facebook event.

Tonight (Wednesday) 16 October 2013 5:00-7:30 pm.: Wiregrass Georgia Tech (Atrium)

4089 Val Tech Road

Valdosta, GA

The Wiregrass Tech contact is Christy Cobb; she wasn’t in when I called yesterday.
Tech’s web server still seems to be down, but Google has cached her as: Continue reading →

Natural gas pipeline exploded in Oklahoma; seen in two other states

The most obvious risk of

that proposed natural gas pipeline
was seen in another one Monday through today in Oklahoma (and Texas and Kansas):
explosion and fire.
The pipeline proposed for here would be 44% bigger; maybe
we could have an explosion seen from Florida and Alabama!

CBS News reported today,

Okla. pipeline blast sparks huge blaze, spurs evacuations,

Deputy Cliff Brinson, of the Harper County Sheriff’s Department,
says the fire sounded like four roaring jet engines and had flames
reaching two football fields high.

He says no injuries were reported, and residents within two miles of
the blast were evacuated.

A family of three living in a home about 200 yards away escaped
unharmed, authorities say.

By the time the pipeline company, Northern Natural Gas,
released a statement they called it “a flicker”.

Video by

Spencer Albracht: Continue reading →

Florida Power and Light selected Sabal Trail for pipeline through Georgia

A Florida company selected a Texas company
that can use eminent domain in Georgia
to take your land.
Does that seem right to you?
Florida PSC has to review this pipeline.
Where’s Georgia PSC on this?

FPL PR 26 July 2013,

FPL selects Sabal Trail Transmission and Florida Southeast Connection to build new natural gas pipeline system into Florida,

Florida Power & Light Company today announced that its evaluation of
proposals for additional natural gas transportation capacity
determined that the best, most economical solution for ensuring
Florida’s continued access to the clean, affordable, U.S.-produced
fuel necessary to meet the growing electricity needs of the state’s
residents and businesses is a combination of a natural gas pipeline
and interconnection hub to be built by Sabal Trail Transmission,
LLC, and a second natural gas pipeline to be built by Florida
Southeast Connection, LLC….

Both Sabal Trail and Florida Southeast Connection will be interstate
natural gas pipelines subject to Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission approval and oversight.

In conjunction with today’s public announcement, FPL filed a
petition for prudence review with the Florida Public Service
Commission (PSC). Subject to PSC approval, Continue reading →

Pipeline opposition growing

Why should Georgia landowners have to cede property rights
to benefit nobody in Georgia, and at risk of our aquifer and
environment?
But Dougherty County residents are still playing NIMBY instead
of trying to stop it entirely.

Carlton Fletcher wrote for the Albany Herald 7 September 2013,

Local opposition to natural gas pipeline growing,

Dougherty County landowners who’ve been contacted by representatives
of a group planning the 465-mile Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline
projected to run underneath their property say they’re not convinced
by assurances that the $3 billion project is safe.

And they’re preparing to challenge the pipeline even as project
surveyors seek access to their land.

“This is not just a threat to my land, to our region’s water, Continue reading →

Path of proposed pipeline through Lowndes County

That pipeline that starts in
PCB-polluted Anniston, Alabama, where would it cross Lowndes County?

Two routes, one north to south, another from Brooks County southeast
to the Florida line.

On

this google map,
A is the land mentioned in

Massive pipeline project may cross Lowndes, by Jason Schaeffer, VDT, 30 June 2013,
B, C, and D several of the parcels listed in the

letters Sabal Trail Transmission LLC sent Lowndes County
(another is very near D).
They all form pretty much a straight line north to south.
The actual route probably Continue reading →

On the LAKE front

Citizen dialog for transparent process by the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange