Lehigh Valley Pipeline Investment Program

To fully realize the benefits of Pennsylvania’s vast energy resources, it is critical to make low-cost natural gas energy available to Pennsylvania’s residents, manufacturers, and pad-ready sites. Manufacturers will have a significant competitive advantage in production costs, and Pennsylvania communities will be able to attract new manufacturing enterprises with readily available access to natural gas. The creation of the Pipeline Investment Program (“PIPE”), to construct the last few miles of distribution lines to business parks and existing manufacturing and industrial enterprises, will hasten the beneficial deployment of low-cost energy and result in the creation of new economic base jobs in the commonwealth while providing access to natural gas for residents. The Commonwealth Financing Authority (the “Authority”) shall provide grants through PIPE to applicants for the construction of natural gas pipeline projects. These guidelines outline eligibility requirements as well as the procedures to apply for and receive funding under the program.