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MI HCR0061
Concurrent Resolution
Status
9/19/2012
Primary Sponsor
Eileen Kowall
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AI Summary
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Urges the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to deny Trunkline Gas Company's proposal to convert 770 miles of natural gas pipeline into an oil pipeline in Michigan
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States the natural gas pipeline currently supplies natural gas to more than 1.7 million Michigan homes and businesses, and conversion could cause reliability and service issues
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Warns that removing the pipeline could raise natural gas prices and disproportionately harm vulnerable citizens who struggle with winter heating costs
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Notes the pipeline links domestic natural gas supplies from Texas, Louisiana, and the Gulf of Mexico to Michigan's underground storage fields used for seasonal heating demands
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Requires copies of the resolution be transmitted to the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Legislative Description
A concurrent resolution to urge the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to deny Trunkline Gas Company's proposal to abandon a vitally important natural gas pipeline in Michigan.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Energy And Technology
9/19/2012