Don’t Make Customers Pay for an Unneeded Pipeline
NC Utilities Commission
Enbridge Gas North Carolina wants to build a 28-mile gas pipeline through Chatham County, from Siler City to Moncure. As a regulated utility, Enbridge can ask customers to recover the cost of projects like this through gas rates.
The NC Utilities Commission oversees pipeline safety and reviews the project’s costs and decisions. Residents and advocates have questioned whether Enbridge’s demand projections are inflated, and the route ends next to the site of a planned 750-megawatt data center, though Enbridge says the pipeline isn’t for it.
Customers and residents deserve answers before anyone is asked to pay. Sign the petition, and we’ll deliver it to the Utilities Commission. When Enbridge files with the Commission, we’ll also send you simple instructions to submit your own official comment.
To:
NC Utilities Commission
From:
[Your Name]
We, customers and residents of North Carolina, ask the NC Utilities Commission to closely review whether Enbridge Gas North Carolina’s Chatham County pipeline is truly needed and to protect customers from paying for it through their rates.
We ask the Commission to:
1. Require Enbridge to prove the pipeline is needed with clear, verifiable demand data.
2. Ensure customers do not pay for capacity that serves a future data center or industrial user.
3. Make every filing about this project public and easy to find.
4. Hold a public hearing in Chatham County.