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ORUD asks customers to reduce natural gas use after pipeline rupture

Posted at 5:38 pm December 21, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Image courtesy ORUD

Image courtesy ORUD

 

The Oak Ridge Utility District is asking natural gas customers to reduce their gas use after a pipeline ruptured in Smith County, Tennessee, on Saturday.

The rupture in the natural gas transmission line cut off all supply from the pipeline to many utilities in East Tennessee, ORUD said.

“We have been advised by Enbridge, the company that owns and operates the pipeline, that repairs to the impacted section could last into early- or mid-January,” ORUD said.

“We are working each and every day to ensure we have enough gas to serve our customers through various other sources and ask that our customers consider reducing gas usage as much as possible as we work through this incident,” ORUD said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Oak Ridge Tagged With: natural gas, natural gas transmission line, Oak Ridge Utility District, ORUD, pipeline

House leader’s speech emphasizes research, mixes in politics

Posted at 12:09 pm May 30, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Eric Cantor

Eric Cantor

Note: This story was updated at 12:35 p.m.

In his first visit to Oak Ridge, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor paid tribute to the national security and science work that has occurred here dating back to World War II, called for a continued emphasis on research and discovery, and touched on political topics including the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, unemployment, and the nation’s social safety net.

A Virginia Republican, Cantor said the U.S. House of Representatives last week passed the Northern Route Approval Act, allowing the Keystone XL pipeline to be completed. The bill declares that a presidential permit is not required to approve the section of the pipeline from Alberta to Nebraska, which crosses a national border. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Business, East Tennessee Technology Park, Federal, Government, National Nuclear Security Administration, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Roane County, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: Eric Cantor, House, House Majority Leader, Keystone XL, Manhattan Project, New Hope Center, Northern Route Approval Act, nuclear medicine, oil sands, pipeline, President Barack Obama, research, Senate, social safety net, Tennessee Valley Corridor National Summit, World War II, Y-12 National Security Complex

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