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Controversial Virginia pipeline canceled after years of legal challenges, permit issues
Supporters and critics of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) are reacting after Dominion Energy and Duke Energy announced they were cancelling the project on Sunday. Dominion Energy and Duke Energy pulled the plug on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The decision is a blow to Richmond-based Dominion Energy and Duke Energy out of North Carolina, which jointly led the project. This project was going to be developed in a manner that was environmentally safe and economically sound.Another pipeline in Virgina, the Mountain Valley Pipeline, is still on track to be finished by 2021. MVP will play a critical role in meeting the growing demand for a reliable, affordable, clean-burning source of domestic energy in the mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States.