Northern Lights 2017 Expansion

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Northern Lights 2017 Expansion is a natural gas pipeline expansion, operated by Northern Natural Gas Company.

Northern Lights 2017 Expansion
General information
KindPipeline project[1]
Project typeExpansion[2][3]
StatusIn service[2][4]
CommodityNatural gas[2][5]
Owner and operator
Facility project
StateMN[1][5] or NM[2][sources disagree]
CountiesChisago, MN; Le Sueur, MN; Scott, MN[6] or Rice, MN[5][sources disagree]
Approved31 January 2017[1] or 30 January 2017[5][sources disagree]
In serviceNovember 2017[2] or 1 November 2017[4][sources disagree]
FERC docketCP16-472[1]
FERC pre-filing docketPF15-33[1]
Contractors
Technical information
Length4.8 mi[1] or 5 mi[2][sources disagree]
Pipe size8", 12"[2][5]
Capacity75.9 MMcf/d (FERC project list)[1] or 76 MMcf/d additional capacity (EIA)[2][sources disagree]
Capacity added75,937 Dth per day of incremental winter peak-day firm service[5]
Cost$44 million (EIA estimate; no dollar year given)[2]
On ProvenHand
Hands listed0

Northern Lights 2017 Expansion is a natural gas pipeline expansion, operated by Northern Natural Gas Company.

Contractorsedit

ContractorWorkScope
Michels[6]PrimeListed 2017-2018 as contractor: 5.3 miles of 16-inch (Chisago Interconnect Loop) and 6-inch pipe, Chisago, Le Sueur and Scott counties, MN

Sources disagree

These sources give different values for the same fact. Each value is listed with the sources that give it.

FactValues given
Approved
  • 31 January 2017[1]
  • 30 January 2017[5]
Capacity
  • 75.9 MMcf/d (FERC project list)[1]
  • 76 MMcf/d additional capacity (EIA)[2]
Counties
  • Chisago, MN; Le Sueur, MN; Scott, MN[6]
  • Rice, MN[5]
In service
  • November 2017[2]
  • 1 November 2017[4]
Length
States

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Referencesedit

  1. “FERC: Approved Major Pipeline Projects (1997-Present)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  2. “U.S. natural gas pipeline projects (Natural Gas Pipeline Projects)”. U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  3. “FERC eLibrary docket CP16-472”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  4. “Notice of In-service, Unit #2 Faribault Compressor Station, Northern Lights 2017 Project (CP16-472)”. Northern Natural Gas Company (filed with FERC). 1 November 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  5. “Order Issuing Certificate, Northern Natural Gas Company, Northern Lights 2017 Project (CP16-472)”. FERC. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  6. “Ongoing Projects: Construction Underway (Pipeline News, July 2018)”. Pipeline News. July 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2026.

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