PLANNED ENHANCEMENTS, NORTHEAST NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SYSTEMS (as of )

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1 PIPELINE SYSTEMS (as of ) The Northeast Gas Association (NGA) has prepared this summary based on publicly-available information. NGA will strive to keep the information as updated as possible and notes that this information may change pending project developments. May not include all projects. Valley Lateral Millennium Pipeline The Project will connect Millennium s gas mainline to Mid-2018 Project CPV s energy center in Wawayanda, NY, and provide access to natural gas for a new 650 MW combined-cycle electric power generating facility. Atlantic Sunrise Approx. 200 miles of pipe, incl. about 185 miles of new pipe in PA, 11 miles of pipeline looping in PA, 2.5 miles of pipeline replacement in VA, and associated equipment and facilities. Designed to increase deliveries by 1.7 Bcf/d to markets in Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern U.S. Mid-2018 for full project capacity Filed with FERC, Nov Received environmental assessment from FERC, Approved by FERC, U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in June that Millennium should seek redress from FERC re: NY DEC certificate delay. NY DEC issued conditional denial of water quality certificate, FERC issues order finding NYS DEC had waived its water quality certification authority, citing state s delay in review process, Some project construction begun, 12-17, with court approval. FERC issued certificate, Received FERC approval to place portion of the project into early service, Under construction.

2 PIPELINE SYSTEMS (as of ), page 2 Triad Expansion Tennessee Gas Pipeline / Project to increase transportation capacity on Mid-2018 Kinder Morgan Tennessee s existing system to provide additional firm natural gas transportation service to serve a new Invenergy power plant in Lackawanna County, PA. The Project involved construction of approximately seven miles of new 36-inch diameter pipeline looping along Tennessee s existing line right-of-way in Lenox and Clifford Townships, Susquehanna County, PA. It Eastern System Upgrade Millennium Pipeline provides 180,000 Dth/d of capacity for one customer Proposal to upgrade and expand the eastern end of the system. It includes an estimated 7.8 miles of mostly 30 looped pipeline, upgrades to existing Hancock compressor station, new compression capabilities at a facility in Sullivan County, and upgrades to existing Ramapo meter and regulator station in Rockland Co. Fall 2018 Filed with FERC, Approved by FERC, Entered pre-filing process with FERC, Filed with FERC, FERC issued draft EIS, NY DEC granted water and air quality permits, Approved by FERC, Portland XPress PNGTS PNGTS has executed Precedent Agreements with several Local Distribution Companies (LDCs) in New England and Atlantic Canada to re-contract certain system capacity set to expire in 2019 as well as expand the PNGTS system to bring its certificated capacity up to 0.3 Bcf/d. The approximately $80 million Portland XPress Project (PXP) will proceed concurrently with upstream capacity expansions. The in-service dates of PXP are being phased-in over a three-year period beginning November 1, Announced Filed application with FERC for Phase I, Atlantic Bridge Enbridge Incremental expansion on Algonquin and Maritimes & Northeast, to serve New England and Canadian Maritimes. Proposed capacity of ~133,000 Dth/d. Partial service began in Nov at 40,000/day. Nov (partial)/ 4 th qtr 2018 Announced, Feb Filed with FERC, Oct Received environmental assessment from FERC, FERC issues certificate, FERC allows construction work to begin on certain facilities in CT, Partial service began, Nov

3 PIPELINE SYSTEMS (as of ), page 3 AGL Resources, NJR 100-mile pipeline intended to bring lower cost natural Pipeline Company, South gas produced in the Marcellus Shale region to homes and Jersey Industries, UGI businesses in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Designed to Energy Services, Spectra provide natural gas service to the equivalent of 4.7 Energy and PSE&G Power million homes, up to 1 Bcf per day. PennEast is LLC investing nearly $1 billion to build the pipeline with the costs split among the four entities. PennEast Project 2019 Announced Aug Open season held August In FERC pre-filing process, Oct Filed with FERC, Sept FERC issued draft EIS, FERC issued final EIS, Approved by FERC, Northeast Supply Enhancement The project would add natural gas pipeline infrastructure in PA, NJ and NY. It is designed to provide customers access to an additional 400 million cubic feet of natural gas per day (enough natural gas to serve the daily needs of about 2.3 million homes). The Northeast Supply Enhancement project will provide service to National Grid In FERC pre-filing, May Filed with FERC, FERC issues draft EIS, NYS DEC denies water quality certificate, says application is incomplete, Empire North Expansion Empire Pipeline The proposed project size is 300, ,000 Dth/d. Transportation paths: Jackson/Corning to Chippawa/Hopewell. Open Season concluded Nov new compressor stations. Nov Open season concluded, Nov Filed with FERC, Station 261 Tennessee Gas Pipeline / Kinder Morgan Capacity of 101,400 Dth/d. Customers are Columbia Gas of Mass. (96,400 Dth/d) and Holyoke Gas & Electric (5,000 Dth/d). Involves new delivery meter; HP Replacement at Station 261; and 2 miles of looping Springfield Lateral Announced late 2017.

4 PIPELINE SYSTEMS (as of ), page 4 Constitution Cabot/Williams Pipeline Wright Interconnect Project (WIP) Rivervale South to Market Iroquois Gas Transmission Approx. 124-mile Constitution Pipeline is designed to extend from Susquehanna County, PA, to the Iroquois Gas Transmission and Tennessee Gas Pipeline systems in Schoharie County, N.Y. Proposed capacity of 650 MMCf/d. Cabot and Southwestern are shippers. WIP will enable delivery of up to 650,000 Dth/d of natural gas from the terminus of the proposed Constitution Pipeline in Schoharie County, NY into both Iroquois and the Tennessee Gas Pipeline under a 15 year capacity lease agreement with Constitution. Designed to provide up to 190,000 dekatherms per day of firm natural gas transportation service. The project will require a new 0.61 mile pipe segment along the existing Transco pipeline in Bergen County, N.J., modifications to four existing pipeline metering facilities in N.J. and N.Y., and an uprate of miles of existing pipe in Bergen County, N.J Announced spring Filed with FERC, FERC issued final EIS, Authorized by FERC, NY DEC denies water quality permit, ; company affirms plans to continue with project, FERC grants 2-year extension, U.S. Court of Appeals for 2 nd District upholds NY DEC denial of certificate, FERC finds that NYS DEC did not waive its authority in decision, Constitution announces it will seek rehearing at FERC, Constitution petitions U.S. Supreme Court, 1-18, re: U.S. Second Court of Appeals decision. Supreme Court declines to hear case, Announced Filed with FERC, FERC issued final EIS, Authorized by FERC, FERC grants 2-year extension, Announced, 9-17.

5 PIPELINE SYSTEMS (as of ), page 5 Northeast Gateway Designed to create 65,000 dekatherms per day of firm transportation capacity for northeastern markets. Transco has executed precedent agreements with PSEG Power, LLC (PSEG) and UGI Energy Services, LLC for firm transportation service under the project. Will consist of adding electric horsepower at an existing Transco compressor station in New Jersey, in addition to making modifications to two existing 2020 Filed with FERC, Northern Access National Fuel Gas Supply & Empire Pipeline Transco meter stations. Capacity of 350,000 Dth/day on Empire, and 140,000 to be delivered to Tennessee 200 line. Approx. 99 miles of 24 pipeline and a compressor station upgrade and one new compressor station Filed with FERC, March 2015; amendment filed in November FERC issues environmental assessment, Approved by FERC, NYS DEC denies water quality certificates, National Fuel appealing for rehearing at FERC. Access Northeast Enbridge, Eversource Energy, National Grid The gas pipeline expansion project will enhance the Algonquin and Maritimes pipeline systems and market area storage assets in New England to deliver up to one billion cubic feet of natural gas per day for electric generation markets. Would provide 925 MMCf/d of capacity in NY, CT, RI and MA, incl. 6.8 Bcf of LNG at proposed facility in Acushnet, MA Announced Open season held first half of In FERC pre-filing, Nov MA Supreme Court ruled in Aug that electric utilities could not invest in pipeline capacity. Project developers announce withdrawal of application from FERC review process, 6-17: we are putting pre-permitting activities on hold but we are still advancing the project.