{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20141009235930/http://www.vitter.senate.gov/newsroom/press/vitter-optimistic-for-midla-pipeline-settlement", "Vitter Optimistic For Midla Pipeline Settlement", "2014-10-08", "2014", "2014-10", "Republican", "House", "LA", "David Vitter", "V000127", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Vitter Optimistic For Midla Pipeline Settlement\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWednesday, October 8, 2014\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t(Baton Rouge, La.) -- U.S. Sen. David Vitter, top Republican on the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, announced that a motion has been filed asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to stop the abandonment application for the Midla Pipeline and move forward with a new pipeline plan. The Midla Pipeline services many rural Louisianians with affordable energy.\n\"The top priority needs to be making sure the rural Louisiana customers utilizing this pipeline have access to affordable energy,\" Vitter said. \u201cIf we hadn't intervened they could have been stuck with exorbitant rate structures for new services that would more than quadruple the current price of natural gas delivery. That uncertainty about the future of meeting their basic energy needs was cause for major concerns.\u201d\n\u201cOn behalf of the Town of Slaughter and the gas districts in East Feliciana Parish, I would like to express our appreciation to Senator Vitter for all he has done to help us in Washington in building a Coalition regarding this issue,\u201d said Slaughter Mayor Robbie Jackson. \u201cHe and his staff have been very accessible and encouraging to us as we are dealing with a difficult and complex issue. This decision enables our community to continue with our economic development projects and locks down a new long term gas supply for all the customers on our system. The benefit of this can\u2019t be overstated, and his effort on our behalf is greatly appreciated.\u201d\nVitter first started calling attention to the potential pipeline abandonment in February. Also, in an April 29, 2014 Vitter along with Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) asked Cheryl LaFleur, Acting Chairman of FERC for a thorough review of the circumstances surrounding the abandonment application requested by American Midstream Partners, LP and American Midstream Pipline (Midla).\nAccording to the motion filed this week, interested parties have reached an agreement in pricipal, which will be formalized and filed for FERC approval. The motion states that Midla will be building a new 12\u201d line from Winnsboro to Natchez that will serve Jonesville, Sicily Island, Clayton, and Vidalia. The motion also states that Midla will pay for nearly all of the transition costs of putting those not served by the new Natchez Line on some other form of gas or propane service. The Midla pipeline is an interstate natural gas pipeline with approximately 370 miles of pipeline linking the Monroe Natural Gas Field in Northern Louisiana and interconnections with the Transco Pipeline system and Gulf South Pipeline system to customers near Baton Rouge. Midla was owned by American Midstream but was partially acquired by Boston-based ArcLight and then sold to an ArcLight entity, Highpoint.\n-30-", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://web.archive.org/web/20141009235930/http://www.vitter.senate.gov/newsroom/press/vitter-optimistic-for-midla-pipeline-settlement"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9211731851100922, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}