Dominion Resources, Duke Energy and other partners are proposing a $5 billion natural-gas pipeline to connect the Southeast with the prodigious supplies of natural gas being produced in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.

Gas is being relied upon to generate more of the nation’s electricity in recent years because enormous new domestic supplies have drastically lowered its price and because natural gas burns cleaner than the nation’s other most-important fuel for electric power, coal.

The 550-mile project, called the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, would begin in Harrison County, W.Va., and stretch through Virginia and North Carolina to Robeson County, near the South Carolina border.

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said the proposed pipeline would be a boon for the state’s economy in terms of the construction jobs to build the pipeline itself and because the additional natural gas will allow the state to recruit more heavy manufacturers.“This is a game changer for manufacturing for us,” he said.The pipeline requires approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and state regulatory commissions. The pipeline partners expect to receive approval by mid-2016 and to start operating the pipeline in 2018.

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