On March 3, 2015, FERC approved Algonquin Gas Transmission,
LLC's ("Algonquin") request to construct and operate
its Algonquin Incremental Market Project ("AIM") in New
England. As proposed, AIM is a 37-mile pipeline that, along
with associated compression facilities, would deliver 342,000
dth/day from existing receipt points in New York to Connecticut,
Massachusetts and Rhode Island. In approving the project,
FERC dismissed protesters' environmental concerns, holding that
the majority of AIM's environmental impacts could be reduced
through Algonquin's mitigation plans.
On February 28, 2014, Algonquin filed its application for
certificate authority with FERC. After the filing, FERC
stated that it received "hundreds of comments support[ing] the
proposed project...and hundreds of other comments and protests
rais[ing] concerns over the AIM Project's potential
environmental impact and the potential economic impact on property
values." In addition to those protests,
