System Alignment Program
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System Alignment Program is a natural gas pipeline replacement in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, operated by East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC. Construction began in 2024 and the line entered service in 2025. It runs 22.5 miles of 24" pipe.
| System Alignment Program | |
|---|---|
| Also called | System Alignment Project[1] |
| General information | |
| Kind | Pipeline project[1] |
| Project type | Replacement[2] |
| Status | Under construction[2] or In service[3][sources disagree] |
| Commodity | Natural gas[2] |
| Owner and operator | |
| Facility projects | |
| States | North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia[2][4] |
| Counties | North Carolina: Rockingham Tennessee: Jefferson, Knox, Sevier Virginia: Patrick, Washington, Wythe[5] |
| Approved | 21 March 2024[4][5] |
| Construction started | 3 September 2024[6] |
| In service | 1 August 2025[3] |
| FERC docket | CP23-131[1] |
| FERC pre-filing docket | PF22-8[1] |
| Contractors | |
| Technical information | |
| Length | 22.5 mi[2][4] |
| Pipe size | 24"[2] |
| Cost | $390 million (EIA estimate; no dollar year given)[2] or Program total $390,099,970 (Exhibit K, current dollars)[7][sources disagree] |
| On ProvenHand | |
| Hands listed | 0 |
System Alignment Program is a natural gas pipeline replacement in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, operated by East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC. Construction began in 2024 and the line entered service in 2025. It runs 22.5 miles of 24" pipe.
Contractorsedit
| Contractor | Work | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| PipeSak Pipeline Protection[8] | Rockshield (pipe protection) supplier | RockStop rockshield for the new 24-inch pipeline |
Spreads
Crossings
| Feature | Method |
|---|---|
| Chapman Highway (Boyds Creek Loop, Knox County, TN)[7] | HDD |
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Referencesedit
- “FERC eLibrary docket CP23-131”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “U.S. natural gas pipeline projects (Natural Gas Pipeline Projects)”. U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “Notice of Commencement of Service on the remaining program facilities, System Alignment Program (CP23-131)”. East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC (filed with FERC). 11 August 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “FERC: Approved Major Pipeline Projects (1997-Present)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “Order Issuing Certificate and Approving Abandonment, System Alignment Program (CP23-131)”. FERC. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “Notice of Commencement of Construction, System Alignment Program (CP23-131)”. East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC (filed with FERC). 10 September 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “Abbreviated Application for a Certificate, System Alignment Program, Volume I-A (CP23-131)”. East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC (filed with FERC). 31 March 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “Natural Gas System Alignment (project page)”. PipeSak Inc. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “Implementation Plan, System Alignment Program (CP23-131)”. East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC (filed with FERC). 4 June 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
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