Pipeline Projects Prioritized for Quick Approval Under Emergency Energy Orders

More than 220 are eligible for quick approval. While Appalachian and Texan producers push for more interstate access, the Northeast is knotted in bottlenecks.

A section of Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline at the Mackinaw City, Mich., pump station in October 2016. John Flesher /AP Photo

More than 220 natural gas pipeline-related proposals across 22 states are among nearly 700 projects that could see accelerated approvals under President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration.

Many are in oil- and gas-rich regions, such as Appalachia and Texas, where producers are pushing for more access to interstate pipelines to fuel growing demand for natural gas as the nation’s top electricity generator and for liquid natural gas for export.