ROVER PIPELINE LLC Rover Pipeline Project RESOURCE REPORT 10 Alternatives FERC Docket No. CP15-___-000 February 2015 ROVER PIPELINE PROJECT Resource Report 10 – Alternatives TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page 10.0 ALTERNATIVES....................................................................................................................... 10-1 10.1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 10-1 10.2 PURPOSE AND NEED .............................................................................................................. 10-2 10.3 NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE .................................................................................................. 10-3 10.3.1 Energy Conservation ...................................................................................................... 10-5 10.3.1.1 West Virginia .............................................................................................. 10-5 10.3.1.2 Pennsylvania .............................................................................................. 10-6 10.3.1.3 Ohio ............................................................................................................ 10-6 10.3.1.4 Michigan..................................................................................................... 10-7 10.3.2 Non-Gas Energy Alternatives ........................................................................................ 10-7 10.3.2.1 Fossil Fuels ................................................................................................ 10-8 10.3.2.2 Nuclear Power............................................................................................ 10-8 10.3.2.3 Renewable Energy ...................................................................................... 10-8 10.4 SYSTEM ALTERNATIVES ...................................................................................................... 10-9 10.4.1 Trunkline Pipeline System ............................................................................................. 10-9 10.4.2 Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LP ................................................................ 10-10 10.4.3 Utica East Ohio Midstream .......................................................................................... 10-11 10.4.4 Columbia Gas Transmission ........................................................................................ 10-11 10.4.5 Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC ................................................................................... 10-11 10.4.6 TransCanada ANR East Pipeline Project ..................................................................... 10-12 10.4.7 Vector Pipeline System ................................................................................................ 10-13 10.4.8 Summary of Pipeline System Alternatives .................................................................. 10-14 10.5 MAJOR ROUTE ALTERNATIVES ........................................................................................ 10-15 10.5.1 General Routing Considerations .................................................................................. 10-15 10.5.1.1 Existing Pipeline Rights-of-Way .............................................................. 10-16 10.5.1.2 Existing Powerline Rights-of-Way ........................................................... 10-17 10.5.1.3 Interstate Rights-of-Way .......................................................................... 10-17 10.5.2 Supply Laterals ............................................................................................................ 10-18 10.5.2.1 Sherwood West Alternate ......................................................................... 10-18 10.5.2.2 CGT Alternate .......................................................................................... 10-19 10.5.2.3 Seneca Alternate ....................................................................................... 10-19 10.5.2.4 Berne Alternate ........................................................................................ 10-20 10.5.2.5 Clarington West Alternate 1 ..................................................................... 10-20 10.5.2.6 Majorsville Alternate ................................................................................ 10-21 10.5.2.7 Cadiz Alternate ......................................................................................... 10-21 10.5.2.8 Supply Connector Alternate ..................................................................... 10-21 10.5.2.9 Burgettstown Alternate ............................................................................. 10-21 10.5.3 Mainlines A and B ....................................................................................................... 10-22 10.5.3.1 Mainlines A and B Alternate .................................................................... 10-22 i February 2015 ROVER PIPELINE PROJECT Resource Report 10 – Alternatives 10.5.3.2 Mainlines A and B – NEXUS Alternative ................................................. 10-22 10.5.4 Market Segment ........................................................................................................... 10-24 10.5.4.1 Market Segment Alternate ........................................................................ 10-24 10.5.4.2 Planned Market Segment Route Alternatives ........................................... 10-25 10.6 ROUTE VARIATIONS ............................................................................................................ 10-26 10.6.1 Route Variations Considered but Eliminated............................................................... 10-26 10.6.1.1 Sherwood Variation 1 ............................................................................... 10-26 10.6.1.2 Market Segment Variation 1..................................................................... 10-27 10.6.2 Responses to Landowner Requests for Route Variations ............................................ 10-27 10.7 COMPRESSOR STATION ALTERNATIVES ....................................................................... 10-27 10.7.1 Compressor Station Electric Alternative ..................................................................... 10-27 10.7.2 Compressor Station Site Alternatives .......................................................................... 10-28 10.7.2.1 Sherwood Compressor Station ................................................................. 10-29 10.7.2.2 Seneca Compressor Station ...................................................................... 10-29 10.7.2.3 Clarington Compressor Station ............................................................... 10-30 10.7.2.4 Majorsville Compressor Station ............................................................... 10-31 10.7.2.5 Cadiz Compressor Station ........................................................................ 10-31 10.7.2.6 Burgettstown Compressor Station ............................................................ 10-32 10.7.2.7 Mainline Compressor Station 1 ................................................................ 10-32 10.7.2.8 Mainline Compressor Station 2 ................................................................ 10-32 10.7.2.9 Mainline Compressor Station 3 ................................................................ 10-33 10.7.2.10 Defiance Compressor Station ................................................................... 10-33 10.8 METER STATION SITE ALTERNATIVES ........................................................................... 10-33 10.8.1 Supply Laterals ............................................................................................................ 10-33 10.8.1.1 CGT Meter Station ................................................................................... 10-33 10.8.1.2 Berne Meter Station ................................................................................. 10-34 10.8.1.3 Hall Meter Station .................................................................................... 10-34 10.8.1.4 Gulfport Meter Station ............................................................................. 10-34 10.8.1.5 Majorsville Meter Station ......................................................................... 10-34 10.8.2 Mainlines ..................................................................................................................... 10-35 10.8.2.1 ANR Meter Station ................................................................................... 10-35 10.8.2.2 Consumers Energy Meter Station............................................................. 10-35 LIST OF TABLES TABLE 10.3-1 Projected Economic Impacts .......................................................................................... 10-4 TABLE 10.7-1 Comparison of the Electrical Requirements for Compressor Stations.......................... 10-28 ii February 2015 ROVER PIPELINE PROJECT Resource Report 10 – Alternatives APPENDIX 10A Figures FIGURE 10.4-1 Trunkline Gas Company System Map FIGURE 10.4-2 Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LP FIGURE 10.4-3 Utica East Ohio Midstream FIGURE 10.4-4 Columbia Gas Transmission FIGURE 10.4-5 Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC – System Map in Ohio FIGURE 10.4-6 TransCanada ANR Pipeline System FIGURE 10.4-7 Vector Pipeline System Map FIGURE 10.4-8 Rover Pipeline Project – Vector System Alternative FIGURE