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Energy Security and the Natural Gas Revolution: How Pipeline Expansions Reshape U.S. Utility Investment

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- U.S. natural gas pipeline expansions (15 Bcf/d added 2023-2025) enhance export capacity and regional price premiums, boosting energy security and LNG exports to 9.8 Tcf by 2037.

- Utility rate hikes ($18.13B requested 2023-2025) reflect aging infrastructure costs and electrification demands from EVs, data centers, and industrial sectors.

- Midstream firms (EQT, DT Midstream) and LNG terminals (Corpus Christi) gain from long-term contracts, while grid modernizers (Duke Energy) benefit from IRA climate incentives.

- Environmental opposition and 2,600 GW grid interconnection backlog highlight regulatory risks, alongside carbon pricing threats to natural gas margins in decarbonization transitions.

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