Amendment to Lower Energy Costs Act could expedite completion of Mountain Valley Pipeline
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
U.S. Rep. Carol Miller (R-WV) introduced an amendment to the Republican-led Lower Energy Costs Act last month that would ensure the Mountain Valley Pipeline is completed “expeditiously,” according to Pennsylvania Business Report.
“The Mountain Valley Pipeline is crucial to American energy independence,” Miller said in a March 23 statement. “All gas from the Mountain Valley Pipeline will supply domestic energy markets, meaning lower energy prices across the country as supply will dramatically increase.”
Miller’s Amendment No. 36 would ensure that the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which is currently 94 percent completed, would be finished in mere months to deliver natural gas to North Carolina and South Carolina from shale fields in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.
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What is fracking?
Fracking is a slang term for hydraulic fracturing. Fracturing is a process by which highly pressurized fluid is pumped thousands of feet into the ground to fracture rock formations. The goal is to release the natural gas that’s locked inside the rock.
Is it safe?
What most concerns people about fracturing is ground water contamination. The worry is that fractures underground, caused by the process, will extending upwards and into aquifers, releasing gas and chemicals into the ground water supply. There’s been no confirmed reports of such a thing happening. Though surface spills and drill site blowouts can lead to localized environmental concerns.
Will my water catch on fire?
Flammable water is caused by the release of methane gas into a drinking water supply. Methane gas occurs naturally and can be released by any kind of drilling, including water wells. In Pennsylvania officials fined Chesapeake Energy $1 million for contaminating ground water with methane. It was determined that the company had not properly cemented it’s boreholes and gas migrated up the well, between rock and into aquifers.