The Ohio Supreme Court today approved construction of a 14-mile natural gas pipeline through Hamilton County, rejecting objections from city officials in Reading and Blue Ash and those of a citizen’s group.
In a unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court ruled the Ohio Power Siting Board properly granted Duke Energy of Ohio a certificate required to construct a 20-inch diameter pipeline that it first announced its intention to build in 2016. The pipeline runs mostly north to south from the intersection of Hamilton, Butler, and Warren counties to Norwood.