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Marquette Connector Update

June, 2019

SEMCO Energy Gas Company

• Natural gas utility

serving approximately 300,000 customers throughout Michigan

• 150 miles of

transmission line

• 6,000 miles of

distribution main

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Marquette Connector Pipeline

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TransCanada’s Great Lakes Pipelines Northern Natural Gas Northern Natural Gas SEMCO Proposed Pipeline Great Lakes Pipelines SEMCO Dist. Mains

Marquette Connector Pipeline Route

The 20” Pipeline

• Southern end begins near Arnold,

Michigan

• Extends north parallel to the ATC

Corridor to near Gwinn, Michigan

• Progresses northeast toward the

Marquette County Sawyer Airport

• Extends parallel to the CN Railway &

NNG corridor to the NNG interconnect near the intersection of M-35 and County Rd. 480 The 10” Pipeline

• Begins near County Rd. 480 near the

existing ATC corridor

• Extends north, then east along the

UPPCO corridor to M-553

• Follows the road into Marquette

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• 42-mile pipeline linking the existing NNG pipeline with the

Great Lakes Gas Transmission system also running through the U.P.

– Provides much needed “back-up” source of natural gas needed to reliably meet the area’s energy demands – Expands the area’s tax base – Greatly enhances the reliability and security of the natural gas delivery system in the U.P. – Expands the tax base

• New tax dollars to invest in roads, schools, public safety and other local needs

– Accommodates future growth and economic development

• Energy stability = economic stability
• An attractive selling point for business leaders and investors
• Provides the added capacity the region needs to grow

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MCP Benefits

Regulatory Approval (Act-9)

– Received August, 2017

Right of Way acquisition- completed

– Pipeline crosses approximately 220 parcels and 122 landowners – The majority of property acquisition was completed in 2018 – The remaining parcels were completed in 2019

Cost Recovery

– Will be determined in SEMCO’s current rate case

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Administrative Update

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Project Status

A snowy winter in Marquette ROW flag tied to a branch in February is about 14’ off the ground in May.

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Construction Update

• Pipeline construction is underway and on schedule

– Tree felling was completed in May, 2019 – Pipeline construction began in June, 2019

• In service expected in November, 2019

– Ahead of our original schedule – Full Cleanup scheduled in 2019 – Some remediation may extend into 2020

• 20” Pipeline

– 76% of pipeline follows existing electrical or pipeline corridors – Land use is rural forest, low density-residential, mostly flat

• 10” Pipeline

– 66% of the pipeline follows existing electrical, pipeline and road ROW – Land use is rural forest, low density residential – Does enter Marquette city limits in order to connect with SEMCO’s existing infrastructure

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Details

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Pipe at Sawyer storage location

Dun Transportation and Stringing excavator with vacuum pipe handling attachment adjacent to 20” Quadruple Random Length (QRL/80’) pipe stacked at Sawyer pipe yard

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Construction Mat Storage

Price Gregory International mat yard at Sawyer storing approximately 14,000 mats

• Marquette Connector Pipeline is being constructed

to have minimal impact on the environment

– Brush and trees have been cleared to accommodate construction

• No permanently filled wetlands
• Environmental inspections are taking place

throughout construction to ensure conformance environmental best practices and compliance with all permitting requirements

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Environmental

• SEMCO is striving to minimize the impact of

construction

– Working with local areas to manage the impact when it

• ccurs
• NTN Trails
• Marquette Trails Festival

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Local Impact

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Questions