Tell SCC to Involve Chesapeake Residents in VNG Compressor Station Project with an Open Hearing
The VNG Chesapeake Compressor Station is another fossil fuel energy project that will move fracked gas through communities across Virginia. Several Environmental Justice communities surround the proposed VNG Chesapeake Compressor Station project. The haze visible in the picture above depicts the air quality in the surrounding area, what you cannot see or smell from the picture is the thick gas smell from VNG’s Gidley Metering Station adjacent to the proposed VNG Chesapeake Compressor Station project. At no other time in our current history has protecting our air, water, and natural resources have been so important to maintain the equity, quality, and integrity of our eco-system for survival.
In Hampton Roads, three significant fracked gas pipeline projects—the Virginia Reliability Project (VRP), the VNG Chesapeake Compressor Station Project, and the Southside Connector Pipeline—pass through neighborhoods within a 1 to 3-mile radius of their termination points near the energy industry corridor on Military Highway. Neighborhoods are already burdened with the City’s highest prevalence rates for asthma, diabetes, and other chronic diseases. Chesapeake is ranked 5th in the state for air pollution. Further fossil fuel buildout will only intensify this standing.
Tell the SCC: To Conduct a hearing so communities’ voices can be heard on development impacting their health. The opportunity exists, and the time is now to comment your community’s opposition to this fossil fuel project directly to the SCC
Environmental justice is the concept that no one population or community of people should disproportionately bear the burden of environmental impact risks associated with the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies derived from the buildout of various energy or transportation infrastructures. To accomplish this the meaningful involvement of all people impacted is required at each stage of development.
Implore the SCC to Conduct Due Diligence – Ensure the Citizens of Virginia that No Application for a Dangerous Fracked Gas Pipeline in Communities is Approved Without Their Input!
Submit comments on the Chesapeake Compressor Stations to the SCC by August 5, 2025 at this link: Virginia SCC - Submit Public Comments
Details on How to make comment; Request to be a Respondent; and, or to ask for a hearing
- How to make a comment
- On or before August 5, 2025, any interested person may
file comments on the Application electronically by following the
instructions on the Commission's website:
scc.virginia.gov/case-information/submit-public-comments. Those
unable, as a practical matter, to submit comments electronically
may file such comments by U.S. mail to the Clerk of the State
Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center,
P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. All comments
shall refer to Case No. PUR-2025-00021.
- Virginia SCC - Submit Public Comments from this page
- scroll down to the heading:
Cases currently accepting public comments
- click on the “Submit Comment” link for PUR-2025-00021 with the 8/5/2035 comment deadline
How to Participate as a Respondent in this Case
- On or before May 23, 2025, any person or entity wishing to
participate as a respondent in this proceeding may do so by filing a
notice of participation with the Clerk of the Commission at:
Virginia State Corporation Commission - eFiling System. Those unable, as a practical matter, to file a notice of participation electronically may file such notice by U.S. mail to the Clerk of the Commission at the address listed
above. Such notice of participation shall include the email
addresses of such parties or their counsel, if available. A copy of
the notice of participation also must be served electronically on
counsel for the Company, any other respondents, and Commission
Staff. Pursuant to 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a
respondent, of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure,
5 VAC 5-20-10 et seq. ("Rules ofPractice"), any notice of
participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest
of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to
the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the
action. Any organization, corporation, or government body
participating as a respondent must be represented by counsel as
required by 5 VAC 5-20-30, Counsel, of the Rules ofPractice. All
filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2025-00021.
- Electronic Document Filing Authorization Form must be completed to e-file documents under this case as a Respondent.
- Here’s a fillable copy of the form - download as a Word document
Case eFiling System
Any person wishing to file case documents electronically must first complete an Electronic Document Filing Authorization Form. This form must be physically filed with the Document Control Center of the Clerk's Office. The form includes instructions on where and how to send it. No document can be filed electronically until the Clerk of the Commission issues a password that the user may change, as needed. The form and password serve two purposes:
- The password confirms that a document being submitted electronically is being sent by an authorized filer.
- The form assures that the filer’s actual signature is on file with the Clerk’s Office as required by SCC rule (5 VAC 5-20-20. Good faith pleading and practice).
- Before submitting a document electronically, filers are urged to review the Electronic Filing Procedures and the User Guide.
How to request that the Commission convene a hearing on the Company's Application
- On or before May 23, 2025, any interested person or entity
may file with the Clerk of the Commission at
scc.virginia.gov/clk/efiling a request that the Commission convene
a hearing on the Company's Application. Those unable, as a
practical matter, to file the hearing request electronically may file
such hearing request by U.S. mail to the Clerk of the Commission
at the address listed above. A copy of the request for hearing also
must be served electronically on counsel for the Company, any
other respondents, and Commission Staff. Requests for a hearing
shall include: (i) a precise statement of the filing party's interest in
the proceeding; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the
extent then known; (iii) a statement of the legal basis for such
action; and (iv) a precise statement why a hearing should be
conducted in this matter. All requests for a hearing shall refer to
Case No. PUR-2025-00021.
NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE IN PDF FORMAT