Williams cancels Constitution natural gas pipeline

Williams Cos. canceled plans for its Constitution natural gas pipeline. The 125-mile, 30-in. OD line, approved by the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in 2014, would have carried 650 MMcfd from northeastern Pennsylvania to existing transmission systems in Schoharie County, NY.

Environmental protests, eventually bleeding over into permitting issues, had slowed its progress for years.

Williams announced a $354-million write-down of Constitution as part of its 2019 earnings reporting, of which its share was $145 million.

Williams’s partners in the project were Duke Energy Corp., Cabot Corp., and AltaGas Ltd.