Cumberland Project

Project Overview

On July 22, 2022, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (TGP), a Kinder Morgan, Inc. company, filed a certificate application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for TGP's Cumberland Project (assigned Docket No. CP22-493-000). The FERC issued a certificate order authorizing the Cumberland Project on January 18, 2024. 

The Cumberland Project includes the construction of an approximately 32 mile, 30-inch pipeline lateral originating from TGP’s existing 100 Line in Dickson County, Tennessee and terminating at the TVA power plant in Stewart County, Tennessee. The pipeline lateral and associated facilities will be located generally parallel and adjacent to existing utility easements.

The Cumberland Project will provide approximately 245,000 dekatherms per day of additional natural gas transportation to the Project shipper, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), to support TVA’s retirement and replacement of an existing coal fired power plant with a natural gas fired, combined cycle power plant.

Following the receipt of the April 4, 2025 decisions from the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit rejecting challenges to the Project's Section 401 Water Quality Certification and Section 404 Individual Permit issued April 4, 2025 and a lifting of a stay that had been imposed by the court, TGP commenced project construction activities in late April 2025 and anticipates a March 2026 in-service date for the project.
 

El 22 de julio de 2022, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (TGP), una empresa de Kinder Morgan, Inc., presentó una solicitud de certificado ante la Comisión Federal Reguladora de Energía (FERC) para el Proyecto Cumberland propuesto por TGP (legajo assignado No. CP22-493-000). FERC emitió una orden de certificado autorizando el Proyecto Cumberland el 18 de enero de 2024.

El Proyecto Cumberland proporcionará aproximadamente 245,000 decatermias por día de transporte adicional de gas natural al transportista del Proyecto (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)) para apoyar el retiro y el reemplazo de una planta de energía de carbón existente con una planta de energía de ciclo combinado de gas natural.

El Proyecto Cumberland incluye la construcción de una tubería lateral de aproximadamente 32 millas y 30 pulgadas que se origina en la Línea 100 existente de TGP en el condado de Dickson, Tennessee y termina en la planta de energía de TVA en el condado de Stewart, Tennessee. El lateral de la tubería y las instalaciones asociadas se ubicarían generalmente paralelas y adyacentes a las servidumbres de servicios públicos existentes.

Proposed System Map
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Resources
Cumberland Project Fact Sheet
Cumberland Project Fact Sheet - Spanish
Cumberland Project FAQ
Cumberland Project FAQ - Spanish
FERC Documents
August 12 Filing
July 29 Filing
January 18, 2024 Certificate Order
Cumberland Project Information Request
Cumberland Project Open House Display Boards