FERC Notice on Transco's Gillis West Expansion Project
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This notice opens a public review period for Transco’s plan to add delivery meter stations in Texas and expand a valve site in Louisiana to support new gas transportation capacity. The project would enable about 115,000 dekatherms per day of additional firm transportation service at an estimated cost of $28.7 million. For businesses, landowners, local communities, and other stakeholders, the practical issue is participation: protests, intervention requests, and comments are due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern on June 26, 2026. Only intervenors gain party status and the right to seek rehearing or later challenge any FERC order.
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Key Changes
- Transco is seeking permission to build new delivery meter stations in Harris County, Texas, and modify Station 35.
- Transco also wants to expand the Louisiana Southwest LW269 Valve Site in Beauregard and Allen Parishes, Louisiana.
- The project would add about 115,000 dekatherms per day of firm gas transportation capacity at an estimated cost of $28.7 million.
Obligations
What this law requires
Any person wishing to protest the Transco project must file the protest with FERC by the stated deadline and the protest must comply with 18 CFR 157.205(e).
Any person wishing to protest Transco's prior notice request must file the protest with FERC by the stated deadline and ensure it complies with 18 CFR 157.205(e).
Any person wishing to intervene in the proceeding must file a motion to intervene with FERC under Rule 214 and NGA regulations by the intervention deadline.
Any person who wants party status must file a motion to intervene with FERC under Rule 214 and the NGA regulations; a comment alone does not make the filer a party.
Motions to intervene filed after the intervention deadline must show good cause, explain why the deadline should be waived, and justify the late filing under Rule 214(d).