Bluegrass Pipeline’s Developer Is Appealing Eminent Domain Ruling

“Despite the fact that the proposed Bluegrass Pipeline has been suspended, the company behind the project is appealing a circuit court decision that found the company doesn’t have the right of eminent domain.

The planned pipeline would have carried natural gas liquids through Kentucky to processing plants on the Gulf Coast.

In May, the companies behind the Bluegrass Pipeline announced they were suspending capital investment in the project, due to a lack of customer commitments. This was after a number of setbacks, including a ruling from Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd that the Bluegrass Pipeline wouldn’t have the power of eminent domain in Kentucky.”

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Peterson, Erica. WEKU 15 August 2014.