Construction began this week on a gas pipeline that will stretch more than 120 miles across Tennessee.

Enbridge is building the pipeline to carry methane from rural Middle Tennessee to Kingston, where the Tennessee Valley Authority is building a large gas plant.

The pipeline project has been controversial, drawing scrutiny from citizens, environmental groups and federal agencies, and it started years before it was finalized.

TVA set up an agreement in 2021 with Enbridge, a company that makes billions of dollars each year selling gas on its pipelines. TVA did not finalize plans for the Kingston gas plant that the pipeline will service until 2024.

Project details have been opaque — literally. The Southern Environmental Law Center brought a suit against the utility to challenge the gas in

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