{"id":8,"date":"2026-03-17T13:11:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/delmarregiostg.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-05-07T20:15:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:15:18","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.delmarregionalenhancement.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A forward-looking investment in local energy infrastructure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column quicklink-1 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<a href=\"#project-timeline\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project <br>Timeline<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column quicklink-2 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.delmarregionalenhancement.com\/?page_id=11\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Community <br>Benefits<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column quicklink-3 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.delmarregionalenhancement.com\/?page_id=28\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Submit a <br>Comment<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading about-the-project-title\">About the Project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Eastern Shore serves the natural gas transportation needs of the Delmarva Peninsula and has provided safe, reliable, efficient, and economic natural gas service since 1959. Eastern Shore is an interstate natural gas pipeline system operating under the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Delmar Regional Enhancement (Project) will include the installation of 4 pipeline segments throughout the Eastern Shore system; Parkesburg\/Daleville Loop, Barksdale Loop, Tidewater Upgrade and Harrington Loop. Additionally, replacement of an M&amp;R station in North Bridgeville is required. The purpose of the Project is to provide incremental supply necessary to support growth for the participating Shippers located in Delaware and Maryland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fc4fd283 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button body-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.delmarregionalenhancement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DRE-_Project-Overview-1Pgr-26_R5-1.pdf\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;background-color:#11274a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Project Overview (PDF)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element fast-facts has-background\" style=\"background-color:#11274a\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/www.delmarregionalenhancement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/delmar-regional-enhancement-project-map-preview-1024x716.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.delmarregionalenhancement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/delmar-regional-enhancement-project-map-preview-1024x716.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.delmarregionalenhancement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/delmar-regional-enhancement-project-map-preview-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.delmarregionalenhancement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/delmar-regional-enhancement-project-map-preview-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.delmarregionalenhancement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/delmar-regional-enhancement-project-map-preview-1536x1074.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.delmarregionalenhancement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/delmar-regional-enhancement-project-map-preview-1200x839.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.delmarregionalenhancement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/delmar-regional-enhancement-project-map-preview-1400x979.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.delmarregionalenhancement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/delmar-regional-enhancement-project-map-preview.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\">Project Details<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-58d387c1575a3c7954954b211b7ead33\">The Project will provide up to 15,800 dekatherms per day of firm natural gas transportation capacity through installation of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-white-color has-text-color\">\n<li>2.5 miles of 24-inch pipeline looping \u2013 Chester County, PA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.8 miles of 24-inch pipeline looping \u2013 Cecil County, MD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.6 miles of 16-inch pipeline looping \u2013 New Castle County, DE<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4.75 miles of 16-inch pipeline looping \u2013 Kent County, DE<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meter and Regulator Station Upgrade \u2013 Sussex County, DE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.delmarregionalenhancement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Delmar-Regional-Enhancement-Project-v3_07242025-Map.pdf\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;color:#11274a;background-color:#eaeae9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View Full Map<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"project-timeline\">Anticipated Timeline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns project-timeline is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#11274a\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d083d482f7e64c20d7872abaa953bbb8\">Q3 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-44253a42f0acd8ae9c87550ee60f4d82\">File application with FERC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#2c69a6\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-62084d945dfa895f6ba82dcb02a1945c\">Q3 2027<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cd8b104db70d1844c22df90bcca62930\">Expected regulatory approval<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#559db5\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-678962a10607860d2ffb52c64568d026\">Q3 2028<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-da98f0fc6a9b0d9befd2a6c4b53f6afb\">Project in-service<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group ferc-process-section\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FERC Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Certificate Process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ferc.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.delmarregionalenhancement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ferc-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.delmarregionalenhancement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ferc-logo.jpg 668w, https:\/\/www.delmarregionalenhancement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ferc-logo-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is responsible for the review and approval of interstate natural gas pipelines. Under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, FERC must determine that new interstate gas pipeline projects or expansions are in \u201cthe public convenience and necessity\u201d in order to approve them.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ferc-process-graphic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5123\" height=\"2430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.delmarregionalenhancement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Certificate-of-Public-Convenience-Necessity-Timeline-04-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.delmarregionalenhancement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Certificate-of-Public-Convenience-Necessity-Timeline-04-26.jpg 5123w, https:\/\/www.delmarregionalenhancement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Certificate-of-Public-Convenience-Necessity-Timeline-04-26-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.delmarregionalenhancement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Certificate-of-Public-Convenience-Necessity-Timeline-04-26-1024x486.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5123px) 100vw, 5123px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.delmarregionalenhancement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Certificate-of-Public-Convenience-Necessity-Timeline-04-26.pdf\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;background-color:#11274a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View FERC Process Timeline (PDF)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A forward-looking investment in local energy infrastructure Project Timeline Community Benefits Submit a Comment About the Project Eastern Shore serves the natural gas transportation needs of the Delmarva Peninsula and has provided safe, reliable, efficient, and economic natural gas service since 1959. 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