Judge: Kinder Morgan cannot use eminent domain
Palmetto Pipeline would pass through Liberty, Long counties
Kinder Morgan will not be able to use the power of eminent domain to install its proposed Palmetto Pipeline through the property of owners unwilling to negotiate with the Texas energy giant, a Fulton County judge has ruled. Multiple media outlets reported Tuesday that Superior Court Judge Kimberly Esmond Adams denied the utility’s appeal of Georgia Transportation Commissioner Russell McMurry’s rejection of Kinder Morgan’s application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, which is required for the company to invoke eminent domain for access to uncooperative property owners in the pipeline’s path. The Palmetto Pipeline would tie into the much-larger Plantation Pipeline in Belton, South Carolina, and wind 360 miles to Jacksonville, Florida.
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