The idiots in Albany have scr**** New Yorkers on this. We should have been first! Pure politics.
We have a pipeline coming through a corner of our property in WV - whether we want it or not.
I’ve always supported energy production, but I can see how a lot of people sour on it after having dealt with the pipeline company. It’s a high pressure line going through the state, so there’s no benefit to the state, nor any benefit to us, although it renders a very picturesque part of our property unbuildable and the view destroyed permanently. It also creates a conduit for predators (both two and four legged) to access our otherwise remote property, and a means for livestock to escape.
But they’ll throw us a pittance and promise to plant some trees that won’t mature until we’re dead, while we continue to pay taxes on part of our property that we essentially can’t use forever. What a deal.
And, thanks to the fed involvement, they can take it with eminent domain. About the only choice we have is litigation.
Thanks for the post. Capacity will be an issue for years.