– Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) – by Transcontinental Pipeline Co.
Filed with FERC for reissuance of previous permits. Permits granted November 2025.
FERC Dockets CP17-101-007 and CP20-49-001
Transcontinental Pipeline Company, LLC (Transco) applied to FERC for reissuance of previous Certificates to build the “Northeast Supply Enhancement” (NESE) gas transmission pipeline project. FERC Dockets CP17-101-007 and CP20-49-001. Since they asked for reissuance of previously granted FERC Certificates, they received expedited review.
In September 2025, FERC approved the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. In November 2025, both NY and NJ granted 401 Water Quality Certificates to the project. Williams is now filing construction reports on Dockets CP17-101-007 and CP20-49-001, though as of late December 2025, construction has not started.
The project consists of two pipeline segments; one from Pennsylvania into New Jersey, and the other an offshore segment from the waters of New Jersey to the offshore hub at Rockaway, New York. It would bring 400,000 Dekatherms/day (Dkth/day) from the Pennsylvania to a National Grid pipeline system hub.
The most descriptive filings are in the FERC eLibrary under the original CP17-101 docket.
We’ve also listed some areas of concern.
Our friends at SaneEnergy rallied up 13,500 comment on the docket in just 25 days (the last 2,500 on deadline day, Saturday, Aug. 16)! This was an amazing acheivement, since requests filed on the docket to extend the comment period from 20 to 90 days were ignored.
» New Yorkers Deliver 11,000 Comments in Opposition to Williams NESE Pipeline
The project is being revived in what many perceive to be a deal between Governor Hochul and President Trump
VNY – La Voce di New York, August 16, 2025