All five filed with FERC 23 November 2013 from Lowndes County, Georgia:
Mary Anderson, valdosta, GA.
I definitely do not want the pipeline proposed by Sabal Trail to be constructed on my property.
Priscilla Mack, Valdosta, GA.
How is this going to harm are farm land. We do not with this on are land.
James E Anderson Jr, Valdosta, GA.
I am strongly opposed Continue reading Five brief protests to FERC 2013-11-23
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (corrected)
Valdosta, December 17,
2013 –Talk directly to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that would have to approve the Sabal Trail methane pipeline at the last Open Houses in Madison and Kissimmee, Florida, tonight. Protesters against the pipeline will be out front starting at 4PM.
When:
5:00 PM to 7:30 PM,
Monday, December 16th
Tuesday, December 17th
2013
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Where:
North Florida Community College |
Kissimmee
Middle School |
Why:
Spectra Energy proposes a hundred-foot-wide gash
through our lands for their huge 36 inch Sabal Trail
gas pipeline from Alabama through Georgia to feed Florida
Power and Light (FPL) and Duke Energy for no benefit to
local citizens and rate hikes for FPL customers. A one-time
payment is not enough for decreased property values,
permanent destruction, and hazards of leaks and explosions,
when FPL and Spectra and Duke would profit forever. The gas
comes from fracking in Pennsylvania and Texas, destroying
whole watersheds and poisoning farmlands and drinking water.
Solar power is cheaper and brings jobs and energy right here
where we need them.
Winnie Anne Wright wrote for WCTV yesterday, Sabal Trail Transmission Hosts Informational Meeting at Clyattville Elementary,
Representatives from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission were also on hand to answer questions, but tonight’s meeting didn’t ease everyone’s fears.
“The hope is they would pipe their gas using another route. I don’t need to be a doormat for somebody to make money shipping gas to Florida, so that they can cash the check on my back”, says Tom Lovett, an impacted landowner.
“I understand why the landowners are upset. I mean I really do. I see that they don’t have answers right now, but it just takes time”, says Susan Waller, VP of Stakeholder Outreach for Sabal Trail Transmissions.
Representatives from Sabal Trail say they hope to have a complete study by May, 2014 with answers to community concerns.
Answers like everybody in Pennsylvania is happy? How much time does it take, Spectra, to answer questions you’ve been asked about every pipeline you’ve promoted? Sending Andrea Grover’s boss, Susan Waller, turns out not to be an improvement if that’s the best she can do.
Why isn’t FERC making Spectra answer the questions?
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Do you believe Sabal Trail that the pipeline won’t affect the value
of your land?
If what Spectra Energy’s
Vice President of Stakeholder Outreach & Sustainability
says is true, why doesn’t Sabal Trail just buy the affected properties?
They should be able to resell it later for equal or greater value.
Rheya Spigner wrote for mysouthwestga.com (fox31online) 12 December 2013, Possible pipeline through Colquitt County,
They didn’t quote Andrea Grover, Director, Stakeholder Outreach. Maybe they discovered she, like Brian Fahrenthold, was not familiar with Spectra’s history of fines? And as a Vice President, Susan Waller would appear to be Andrea Grover’s boss. Have we gotten their attention enough that they are escalating within Spectra?
John Peconom of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) says Continue reading Possible pipeline through Colquitt County –Fox31
Colquitt County is waking up about the pipeline.
Alan Mauldin wrote for the Moultrie Observer 10 December 2013,
Opposition grows against Sabal Trail gas pipeline,
Opposition to a proposed natural gas pipeline that would cut a swath through Colquitt County has galvanized in Southwest Georgia, from Albany to Valdosta…
In recent weeks the company has begun sending threatening letters to those who have held out, said Sandra Yarbrough Jones.
“I got a call in mid-October, (saying) this is your last chance or Continue reading Opposition grows against Sabal Trail gas pipeline –Moultrie Observer
Mike Benard sent this today to Spectra’s Andrea Grover, copied to a long list of news media and local, state, and federal elected and appointed officials and employees. For local background, see Spectra reps unfamiliar with Spectra fines @ LCC 2013-12-09. -jsq
Ms. Grover:
Those of us property owners who are already Spectra Energy “stakeholders” (the company’s term), want Spectra Energy to be the best it can be, consistent with its publicly stated commitment to Stakeholder Engagement, Integrity, Transparency, and Accountability.
Reference link: http://www.spectraenergy.com/Sustainability/Economic/Acting-with-Integrity/
To that end, and regarding your activities as a “Director of Stakeholder Outreach” on behalf of Spectra Energy’s proposed Sabal Trail pipeline, property owners in Georgia report that you are asserting the following at public meetings:
• You assert that property owners at Spectra Energy’s Steckman Ridge compressor facility in Bedford County, PA are “happy” despite ongoing problems there and a consistent lack of response from Spectra Energy to its “stakeholders.”
- FACT: I speak for more than a dozen families who live next to or near the problematic compressor facility; and your statement is incorrect and misleading. What facts do you have to support such a disingenuous allegation? A ring of health, water and operational complaints surround this facility that began operations in 2009. Based on unofficial record keeping by neighbors, there have been nearly 60 shutdowns, blowdowns and related incidents at the Steckman Ridge compressor station and underground natural gas storage facility between August 2009 and the present. And there is much more, as you know.
• You assert that uncontrolled releases of methane and other hydrocarbons that happen too frequently at the Steckman Ridge compressor facility are “normal.” Let’s hope not. Your assertion is uninformed and misleading.
- FACT: Recall the March 9-10 incident Continue reading Spectra Energy — Be the Best it Can Be –Mike Benard
Spectra’s Sabal Trail Transmission wants to slice through Alabama, Georgia, and north Florida
to get to FPL and Duke gas plants in Florida.
That helps explain the Citrus County Pipeline offshoot tacked onto the end of
Sabal Trail’s 15 November 2013 update to FERC.
Bill Thompson wrote for the Ocala StarBanner 14 December 2014, Duke Energy to build gas plant tied to Sabal Trial pipeline,
The proposed interstate pipeline that will slice through Marion County in delivering natural gas to an Orlando-area depot apparently has a customer ready.
Duke Energy plans to build a new natural gas-fired power plant in Citrus County, which is expected to be in operation not long after Sabal Trail Transmission LLC, the pipeline builder, completes its 465-mile link to gas reserves flowing through east central Alabama.
Duke Energy spokesman Sterling Ivey said the company had within the past week received six bids to build a facility in Citrus, and it is keeping open the option to do the work itself.
This is the same Sterling Ivey who claimed Continue reading Duke plant in Citrus County likely Sabal Trail gas pipe customer
Received yesterday. He also copied the Valdosta Daily Times, with attached PDF. -jsq
From: Demarcus Marshall
Date: December 13, 2013, 3:01:32 PM CST
Subject: FW: Sabal Trail/Lowndes County Commissioner response FINAL 12122013.pdfConcerned Citizens,
These are the responses from Sabal Trail regarding the questions forwarded to me. Please forward to those in opposition of the surveys and those that have agreed to them.
Commissioner Demarcus Marshall, M.P.A.
From: Fahrenthold, Brian C
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 9:46 PM
To: Demarcus Marshall
Cc: Bill Slaughter; Joyce Evans; Richard Raines; Crawford Powell; John Page; County Manager; Belinda Lovern
Subject: Sabal Trail/Lowndes County Commissioner response FINAL 12122013.pdfCommissioner Marshall, Mr. Chairman, Commissioners and County Manager Pritchard:
Attached is a more detailed summation to the questions posed to the Commission by Ms. Singletary.
Should you need further information please do not hesitate to contact me.
Brian Fahrenthold
Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC
713.627.4814
Just as natural gas has beaten coal in less than five years,
solar power is already beating gas,
so betting on LNG exports or even fracked methane
for domestic power is a bad investment.
These are some implications of a new Citi GPS report.
The switch from gas to solar is already happening in Germany and in the U.S., according to Citi GPS in Energy Darwinism: The Evolution of the Energy Industry, October 2013, page 9:
…moreover, solar steals the most valuable part of electricity generation at the peak of the day when prices are highest. This effect has already caused the German utilities to release profit warnings, with some gas power plants in Germany running for less than 10 days in 2012, all of which makes some utilities reluctant to build new gas plants given fears over long term utilisation rates and hence returns.
And not just in Germany; see page 84:
This is not a ‘tomorrow’ story, as we are already seeing utilities altering investment plans, even in the shale-driven U.S., with examples of utilities switching plans for peak-shaving gas plants, and installing solar farms in their stead.
Wind is also beating coal; page 9 again:
Wind is already overshadowing coal in the second quartile. While wind’s intermittency is an issue, with more widespread national adoption it begins to exhibit more baseload characteristics (i.e. it runs more continuously on an aggregated basis). Hence it becomes a viable option, without the risk of low utilisation rates in developed markets, commodity price risk or associated cost of carbon risks.
By no “commodity price risk” they allude to wind requiring no fuel. And that’s also true of solar, as they spell out on page 90: Continue reading Solar learns faster than any other energy source –Citi GPS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Valdosta, December 13,
2013 –Landowners and others can talk directly to the
federal oversight agency that has to approve any new
pipelines will be at an Open House they required Sabal Trail
Transmission to hold Clyattville Elementary Monday evening.
For those who are unable to stand and circulate the room an
area will be provided and representatives from the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) have been assigned just
for this area. Protesters against the pipeline will be out
front starting at 4PM.
When:
5:00 PM to
7:30 PM
Monday, December 16 th 2013
Where:
Clyattville Elementary School
5386 Madison Highway
Valdosta, GA 31601
Phone: (229) 559-7062
Why: Spectra Energy proposes a hundred-foot-wide gash through our lands for their huge 36 inch Sabal Trail gas pipeline from Alabama through Georgia to feed Florida Power and Light (FPL) for no benefit to local citizens. A one-time payment is nowhere near adequate for permanent destruction and hazards when FPL and Spectra would profit forever.
Property values: Continue reading Talk to FERC at Clyattville Elementary Monday 2013-12-16