Longmeadow meter station

Location: Longmeadow

1. Location: Longmeadow (400 Shaker Road) 
2. Company: Tennessee Gas Pipeline
3. Agency: FERC
4. Docket Numbers: ​​blanket auth
5. Description
   1. TGP plans to build new meter station (measures the volume of natural gas passing thru pipeline delivery point, reduce pressure as the gas leaves a high-pressure interstate line and enters distribution system) and “city gate” 
   2. Country Club will let Columbia Gas of Mass purchase natural gas from TGPs interstate 200 Line (which runs from Appalachia to the Northeast and traverses the southern tier of Mass) and build own natural gas pipeline from Longmeadow to Springfield 
   3. For EGMA WMass, no permit required under blanket authorization
   4. Baker’s EIR requirement for Agawam station will include Longmeadow meter station review 
   5. 2023 update
      1. Under “New Growth” in Certified Pipeline Valuations to Board of Assessors fro Bureau of Local Assessment
         1. “Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC has additional pipeline, machinery, and equipment assets and CWIP reported in FY23. The growth for FY23 is primarily due to work associated with the 261 Upgrade Project in Agawam and the Longmeadow Meter Station”
6. Links
   1. MEPA compliance 
   2. Public Comment Notice (2019) 
   3. TGP FERC Application for Agawam 261 Project
7. News
   1. Elected officials press utility company, regulators for answers (Nov 2021)
      1. $40 million on entire Longmeadow project 
      2. Sprinfield City Councilor Lederman called for CBA 
   2. Longmeadow voters say no to gas pipeline project in residential neighborhood (Aug 2019) 
   3. Tennessee Gas Pipeline plans meter station at Longmeadow Country Club, documents confirm (Nov 2018) 
8. Opposition groups
   1. Longmeadow Pipeline Awareness Group 
   2. Food and Water Watch (and BEAT!) 
   3. Pipeline Awareness Network Northeast Inc