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Pipeline Hack Puts North Carolina Industry on Guard
The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack and resulting gas shortages across North Carolina show the need for more pipelines and gas storage, officials from the energy and petroleum industry told a state Senate committee.
May 19, 2021 •
Shutterstock (TNS) The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack and resulting gas shortages across North Carolina have shown the need for more pipelines and gas storage, officials from the energy and petroleum industry told a N.C. Senate committee on Tuesday. Some additional interstate pipeline supply would be a very good resiliency opportunity, Nelson Peeler, Duke Energy s senior vice president and chief transmission officer, told the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Energy and the Environment.
Colonial Pipeline Hack Raises N.C. Gas Shortage Worries
Legislators want more resiliency since the state has only one natural gas pipeline. About half of all gas stations in North Carolina still don’t have fuel following the Colonial Pipeline shutdown last week.
May 19, 2021 • (TNS) The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack and resulting gas shortages across North Carolina have shown the need for more pipelines and gas storage, officials from the energy and petroleum industry told a N.C. Senate committee on Tuesday. Some additional interstate pipeline supply would be a very good resiliency opportunity, Nelson Peeler, Duke Energy s senior vice president and chief transmission officer, told the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Energy and the Environment.
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Dominion Energy and Duke Energy said in July 2020 that “recent developments have created an unacceptable layer of uncertainty and anticipated delays” for the 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline designed to cross West Virginia and Virginia into North Carolina.
North Carolina is particularly susceptible to energy interruptions because gasoline and natural gas supplies originate mainly from two pipeline systems, energy industry experts told a state Senate committee Tuesday.
Representatives of utility giants Duke Energy and Dominion Energy were among those who addressed the chamber s energy panel in light of this month s ransomware cyberattack upon the Colonial Pipeline. North Carolina motorists were hit particularly hard 43% of the state s gas stations remained out of fuel Tuesday afternoon, according to GasBuddy.