Senate Energy Chairman Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has called on the Biden administration to use the Defense Production Act if necessary to rush completion of a stalled pipeline through his state to help Europe replace Russian natural gas supplies.
Manchin said the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline, which crosses through his home state of West Virginia into Virginia, could transport 2 billion cubic feet a day and be running in 4-6 months. “It’s the quickest thing that we can get – it’s more energy into the market that’s going to be needed,” he said.