Project Facilities

The Elba Express pipeline will provide interstate transportation services and will deliver gas to existing local distribution companies, to electric generation facilities, to large industrial plants, and into Southern's existing pipeline system and Transco’s existing pipeline system where the gas can be redelivered to markets in Georgia and the southeastern and eastern US. The primary source of the natural gas will be from the Elba Island liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal near Savannah, Georgia. The terminal is owned by Southern LNG, an affiliate of Southern. The facilities at Elba Island will vaporize the LNG and inject the natural gas into the Elba Express pipeline. On September 30, 2006 Southern filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a certificate to construct and operate the proposed pipeline. If approved, construction could begin in 2009, with the line becoming operational in 2010. The specific facilities to be constructed as part of the Elba Express Pipeline Project are:

	Approximately 190 miles of 42” diameter and 36” diameter natural gas pipeline in Chatham, Effingham, Screven, Jenkins, Burke, Jefferson, Glascock, Warren, McDuffie, Wilkes, Elbert, and Hart Counties, Georgia, and in Anderson County, South Carolina. Phase A – expected in service in mid 2010. Click here to view preliminary county maps.
	7 meter stations along the pipeline route. Included in Phase 1.
	»	SNG Interconnect Meter Station in Chatham County, Georgia
	»	Plant McIntosh Meter Station in Effingham County, Georgia
	»	Plant Effingham Meter Station in Effingham County, Georgia
	»	SNG Interconnect Meter Station in Jefferson County, Georgia
	»	Transco Zone4 Interconnect Meter Station in Hart County, Georgia
	»	Transco Zone5 Interconnect Meter Station in Anderson County, South Carolina
	»	Plant Rainey Meter Station in Anderson County, South Carolina
	A pig launcher/receiver at the beginning of the 42” line near Port Wentworth in Chatham County, Georgia. Included in Phase 1.
	A pig launcher/receiver at the end of the 42” line near Wrens in Jefferson County, Georgia. Included in Phase 1.
	A pig launcher/receiver at the beginning of the 36” line near Wrens in Jefferson County, Georgia. Included in Phase 1.
	A pig launcher/receiver at the end of the 36” line in Anderson County, South Carolina. Included in Phase 1.
	11 above-ground mainline valves at various locations on the 42” line. Included in Phase 1.
	4 above-ground mainline valves at various locations on the 36” line. Included in Phase 1.
	Approximately 10,000 hp of compression at a new Compressor Station near Woodcliff, Georgia. Phase 2 – expected in service in late 2012.