Williams Partners LP (NYSE: WPZ) said April 14 it has received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regarding its application for Transco’s Garden State Expansion Project.

The Garden State Expansion Project is expected to deliver 180,000 dekatherms a day of additional natural gas capacity for local distribution to thousands of customers in New Jersey, the release said.

The project consists of additional compression to provide firm natural gas transportation service and increased reliability to New Jersey Natural Gas. The company serves more than half a million customers in New Jersey’s Monmouth, Ocean and parts of Morris, Middlesex, Sussex and Burlington counties, according to the release.

The project will provide firm transportation from Transco’s Zone 6 Station 210 Pooling Point in Mercer County, N.J. to a new interconnection on its Trenton Woodbury Lateral in Burlington County, N.J.

Williams Partners, based in Tulsa, Okla., will coordinate with New Jersey Natural Gas on construction dates and other activities.

The Garden State project is part of Williams Partners’ 2016 growth capital funding plan that includes $1.3 billion for Transco expansions and other interstate pipeline growth projects.

Transco, a wholly owned subsidiary of Williams Partners. It delivers natural gas to customers through its 10,200-mile pipeline network whose mainline extends nearly 1,800 miles between South Texas and New York City, the release said.

Fully contracted Transco projects that are part of that plan and currently under construction or in regulatory review include:

  • Rock Springs: Construction is nearing completion on this 11.2 mile pipeline lateral to transport 192,000 dekatherms of natural gas per day to Old Dominion Electric Cooperative’s planned 1,000-megawatt electric power generating facility in Cecil County, Md. Williams Partners plans to place the project into service during the third quarter of 2016.
  • Gulf Trace: Construction is underway in Louisiana on this 1.2 million dekatherm per day expansion to serve the Cheniere Energy Partners LP (NYSE: CQH). Sabine Pass Liquefaction project being developed in Cameron Parish, La. Williams Partners plans to place the project into service during the first quarter of 2017.
  • Hillabee Expansion Project: Construction is expected to begin in May on the first phase of this multi-phase project to add a total of about 1.13 million dekatherms per day of capacity to the Transco system to serve Florida. Service for the first phase is expected by the second quarter of 2017.
  • New York Bay Expansion: FERC this month issued its Environmental Assessment for this project designed to deliver an additional 115,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas into National Grid’s distribution system through the Rockaway Delivery Lateral and the Narrows meter station. Williams Partners plans to place the project into service during the fourth quarter of 2017.
  • Dalton Expansion Project: FERC this month issued its Environmental Assessment to expand by 448,000 dekatherms per day Transco’s mainline from its Station 210 in New Jersey to points as far south as Holmesville, Miss., and add a 111-mile lateral pipeline from Transco’s Station 115 to Murray County, Ga. Williams Partners plans to place the project into service in 2017.
  • Virginia Southside II Expansion: In March 2015, Williams Partners filed an application with the FERC for this project to provide 250,000 dekatherms per day of firm transportation capacity to a delivery point on a new lateral off Transco’s Brunswick Lateral in Virginia. Williams Partners plans to place the project into service during the fourth quarter of 2017.
  • Atlantic Sunrise: In March 2015, Williams Partners filed an application with FERC seeking authorization for its Atlantic Sunrise expansion project, which would transport about 1.7 million dekatherms per day from the northeastern Marcellus producing area to markets in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern U.S. Williams Partners plans to place the project into service during the second half of 2017.