How the growing Southeast ended up with only one pipeline (and a constrained one at that)

Bad luck, competition, and the growing importance of existing right-of-way

The Southeast is a gas pipeline business developer’s dream: fast-growing customers with a rate base and supportive public utility commissions. From 2010-24, gas-fired generation in the Alabama-Georgia-Florida-Carolinas corridor grew ~4 Bcfd, accounting for more than 20% of the US total. Despite this prolific growth, and despite the area’s proximity to l…