On January 7, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the Del-Mar Energy Pathway Project. In both, Kent and Sussex counties in Delaware, and Wicomico and Somerset counties in Maryland, it “approves the construction and operation of new infrastructure facilities.”

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation’s Senior Vice President, Jeff Sylvester, assures, “bringing natural gas to a new area results in many positive enhancements for the community, both environmental and economic.” The project could lead to an increase in job growth and overall service expansion.

The Regional Economic Studies Institute of Towson University concluded the project would economically benefit the region through direct, in-direct, and induced employment. The FERC’s approval meets a growing demand for natural gas services for the consumer, and furthermore “expands our partnership in the local communities in which we live and work, bringing natural gas service to Somerset County for the first time and providing a cleaner, reliable and more cost-effective energy choice for customers on the Delmarva Peninsula,” according to Jeff Tietbohl, the Vice President of Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company.

The construction of the Del-Mar Energy Pathway Project is set to begin within the first quarter of 2020. It will construct approximately 12 miles of natural gas infrastructure through Kent and Sussex counties and 7 miles through Wicomico and Somerset counties. Once running, it will provide roughly “11.8 million cubic feet per day of additional natural gas firm transportation service and 2.5 million cubic feet of off-peak transportation service to Chesapeake Utilities’ natural gas distribution subsidiaries on the Delmarva Peninsula and one industrial customer.”

The project is projected to cost approximately $37 million and reach completion within the fourth quarter of 2021. The foreseen annual gross margin for the Del-Mar Energy Pathway Project is $5.1 million.

For more information on the project, visit http://info.esng.com/delmar

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