1. Pipelines & the New Administration
Donald F. Santa
President & CEO, Interstate Natural Gas Association of America
Pipeline Opportunities Conference | March 21, 2017

2. Election Outcome
Speak to alternative outcome; what would we had seen had Clinton won? Likely a continuation of the status quo as set by former President Obama
With Trump, we see the opposite: we see an unpredictability and willingness to upend not only established law, but also established processes

3. Trump Administration: Domestic Energy, Infrastructure
Executive Orders & Memoranda
Agencies
FERC
PHMSA
EPA
Congress
Outline of the upcoming slides highlighting Trump’s actions and inactions affecting the industry.

4. January Executive Orders & Memoranda
Presidential Executive Order on Expediting Environmental Reviews and Approvals for High Priority Infrastructure Projects
Presidential Executive Order on Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs
Presidential Memorandum Regarding Construction of American Pipelines

5. The Price of Paralysis: FERC Lacks a Quorum
Cap Ex of Pipelines Awaiting Approval
Pipeline
Cap Ex
Atlantic Coast
$5.5 billion
Nexus
$2.1 billion
Penn East
$1 billion
Mountain Valley
$3.5 billion
Other Projects
$1.9 billion
Total Capital Ex
$14 billion
Total capital expenditures – these cannot be approved until FERC has a quorum
Other projects include those under 1 billion –
Transco Expansion
St. Charles Parish Expansion Project
Bayway Lateral Project Eastern Market Access Project
B-system Project
Texas Eastern Appalachian Lease Project
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company Abandonment And Capacity Restoration Project
Wb Xpress
Only speak to tax allowance policy if asked?

6. PHMSA
New administrator, Gas transmission pipeline rule, underground gas storage rule
EPA
ICR, Quad Oa

7. Congressional Issues Confirmations Infrastructure Tax Reform
Only 48 of 553 key appointments nominated*
 1,600 smaller roles remain that require no confirmation**
99 vacancies total within Department of Energy **
Vacancies will be distraction alongside ACA; will take attention away from other priority issues, such as tax reform and infrastructure.
Perhaps the president is intentional in this, both adding more to the Senate’s plate in the upcoming months and “starving to death” the bureaucracy.
* WaPo, , as of March 15
** CNN, , as of Feb 25

8. The Opposition Doubles Down
Photo from Greenpeace’s Jan 25 demonstration near the White House; Resist pipelines is becoming apart of resist Trump. Its more than just public protest and litigation…both flashy, borderline-illegal actions as well as a concerted effort at fundraising and PR
Sierra Club signed up 11,000 new monthly donors in the week following the election – nine times its best monthly record.
 A recent tax return for the Southern Environmental Law Center showed the three largest outside expenditures by this law firm – totaling $1.6 million -- were for advertising and public relations.
Environmental Defense Fund saw over 50,000 donations between Nov 7 and Dec 1.
(SC- Bloomberg,
(SELC – Cathy)
(EDF – Buzzfeed News,

9. How Should Industry Respond?
Safe & reliable operations
Good corporate stewardship
Effective communications
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10. Questions? Contact: Donald F. Santa President & CEO
Interstate Natural Gas 
Association of America (INGAA)
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