Delmont, Pennsylvania to its Twin Oaks Pennsylvania facility. In doing so, we recognized our prior rulings and those of federal agencies holding that propane is a and that of the Petition is in the public interest, as “petroleum product” “approval proposed provision of intrastate propane service will result in numerous Sunoco’s potential public the need for adequate pipeline capacity to meet peak benefits,” including demand for propane and the avoidance of added expense and risks associated with “the trucking propane from the Marcellus Shale at 9-10. Unopposed tariffs were Id. region.” subsequently filed and approved for the institution of the intrastate movement of propane at a rate of $2.91/bbl. Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. Request for Approval of Tariff Pipeline - Pa. Docket P.U.C. No. 16 and Waiver of 52 Pa. Code § 53.52(b)(2) and (c)(1) through (5), No. R-2014-2426158 (Order entered August 21, 2014) (Tariff No. 16 Order). Finally, in August of this year, Sunoco received our approval to extend its service territory to include Washington County. Application of Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. for Approval of the Right to Offer, Render, Furnish or Supply Intrastate Petroleum and Refined Petroleum Products Pipeline Service to the Public in Washington County, Docket No. A-2014-2425633 (Order entered August 21, 2014) Pennsylvania, (Washington In seeking this additional certification, Sunoco County Application Order). stated its intent to establish the Houston, Washington County location as part of the first phase of the Mariner East project as the new origination point for the NGLs of propane and ethane to be transported and the expansion of its pipeline system in a second phase of the Mariner East project. This second phase will be a new sixteen-inch or larger pipeline, paralleling the existing pipeline from Houston, Pennsylvania to the Marcus Hook Industrial Complex (MHIC) and running along much of the same route, as well as the addition of fifteen miles of pipeline from Houston, Pennsylvania to a point near the Pennsylvania-Ohio boundary line. at 2-3. In approving the Washington County Id. Certificate, we stated:
Delmont, Pennsylvania to its Twin Oaks Pennsylvania facility. In doing so, we recognized our prior rulings and those of federal agencies holding that propane is a “petroleum product” and that “approval of the Petition is in the public interest, as Sunoco’s proposed provision of intrastate propane service will result in numerous potential public benefits,” including the need for adequate pipeline capacity to meet peak demand for propane and the avoidance of “the added expense and risks associated with trucking propane from the Marcellus Shale region.” Id. at 9-10. Unopposed tariffs were subsequently filed and approved for the institution of the intrastate movement of propane at a rate of $2.91/bbl. Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. Request for Approval of Tariff Pipeline - Pa. P.U.C. No. 16 and Waiver of 52 Pa. Code § 53.52(b)(2) and (c)(1) through (5), Docket No. R-2014-2426158 (Order entered August 21, 2014) (Tariff No. 16 Order). Finally, in August of this year, Sunoco received our approval to extend its service territory to include Washington County. Application of Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. for Approval of the Right to Offer, Render, Furnish or Supply Intrastate Petroleum and Refined Petroleum Products Pipeline Service to the Public in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Docket No. A-2014-2425633 (Order entered August 21, 2014) (Washington County Application Order). In seeking this additional certification, Sunoco stated its intent to establish the Houston, Washington County location as part of the first phase of the Mariner East project as the new origination point for the NGLs of propane and ethane to be transported and the expansion of its pipeline system in a second phase of the Mariner East project. This second phase will be a new sixteen-inch or larger pipeline, paralleling the existing pipeline from Houston, Pennsylvania to the Marcus Hook Industrial Complex (MHIC) and running along much of the same route, as well as the addition of fifteen miles of pipeline from Houston, Pennsylvania to a point near the Pennsylvania-Ohio boundary line. Id. at 2-3. In approving the Washington County Certificate, we stated:
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