Gas pipeline plan in Western Kentucky getting help from powerful state lawmaker

By: Liam Niemeyer

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: March 31, 2026

Words: 1,522

Last Updated: 4 months ago

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FRANKFORT — A powerful lawmaker is seeking a change in state law that would boost an “unprecedented” natural gas pipeline project in his home county.

House budget committee chair Jason Petrie, a Republican from the Todd County seat of Elkton, is backing an exemption from state regulation for the project which is aimed at spurring industrial development. Whether the project must receive approval from the Public Service Commission is under dispute in Franklin Circuit Court. …

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