Upper Sand Mountain Gas District
Greenhill Engineering Consultants, Inc. was hired to help The Upper Sand Mountain Gas District develop a natural gas system. The Upper Sand Mountain Gas District consist of a service area extending from the town of Henagar north to the Georgia and Tennessee State Lines, to the east is the brow of Sand Mountain and to the west would be the Tennessee River. The Gas District was incorporated in March of 2013, by the towns of Ider and Pisgah, with the intent to provide a reasonably priced alternate fuel to propane and electricity for the residents and the poultry industry of the Sand Mountain Plateau. The addition natural gas in the area would strongly enhance the economic development in the service area. The Upper Sand Mountain Gas District is currently comprised of a seven member board appointed by the Jackson and DeKalb County Commissions.
The proposed project consists of extending natural gas to the northern end of Sand Mountain located within DeKalb and Jackson Counties. Natural Gas would highly impact the residents and poultry farmers within the service area by lowering heating cost as much as 35% over the use of propane and electricity. The project was broken down into three Phases: Phase I, Phase IA, and Interconnection with CDNAG in Stevenson, Alabama.
The first phase of the project consists of extending a 6” high pressure main line from a take station near Stevenson across the Tennessee River, up the west brow of Sand Mountain to County Road 14. Then the high-pressure line reduced to a 4” and continued along Alabama Highway 117 to Alabama Highway 75 in Ider. The High pressure would then go south to the town limits of Henagar on Alabama Highway 75. Additionally, the project will consist of extending low pressure lines off the high-pressure line out to residents and poultry farms within the county.
Phase I A would extend from Flat Rock south along Alabama State Highway 71, through Rosalie, to Jackson County Road 88 and then on to the community of Pisgah. This phase would all be low pressure HDPE piping fed from the high-pressure line on Alabama State Highway 117. Additionally, the low-pressure system would serve several schools, communities, poultry farms and side roads with another option for fuel.
Based on the information provided, the results of a market study/survey and some preliminary meetings with poultry farmers in the area the project was very feasible while sustaining a comparable rate structure with other natural gas LDC companies located in the area. The project had a Total Construction Cost of approximately $15.6 million for the first phases of construction.
The proposed project consists of extending natural gas to the northern end of Sand Mountain located within DeKalb and Jackson Counties. Natural Gas would highly impact the residents and poultry farmers within the service area by lowering heating cost as much as 35% over the use of propane and electricity. The project was broken down into three Phases: Phase I, Phase IA, and Interconnection with CDNAG in Stevenson, Alabama.
The first phase of the project consists of extending a 6” high pressure main line from a take station near Stevenson across the Tennessee River, up the west brow of Sand Mountain to County Road 14. Then the high-pressure line reduced to a 4” and continued along Alabama Highway 117 to Alabama Highway 75 in Ider. The High pressure would then go south to the town limits of Henagar on Alabama Highway 75. Additionally, the project will consist of extending low pressure lines off the high-pressure line out to residents and poultry farms within the county.
Phase I A would extend from Flat Rock south along Alabama State Highway 71, through Rosalie, to Jackson County Road 88 and then on to the community of Pisgah. This phase would all be low pressure HDPE piping fed from the high-pressure line on Alabama State Highway 117. Additionally, the low-pressure system would serve several schools, communities, poultry farms and side roads with another option for fuel.
Based on the information provided, the results of a market study/survey and some preliminary meetings with poultry farmers in the area the project was very feasible while sustaining a comparable rate structure with other natural gas LDC companies located in the area. The project had a Total Construction Cost of approximately $15.6 million for the first phases of construction.