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Wright, Burgum, and Zeldin Break Ground on the NESE Pipeline in New York, Apr. 14, 2026

April 14, 2026 · U.S. Department of Energy · 0:40:02

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What happened

Energy Secretary Chris Wright joined Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin at the groundbreaking for the NESE pipeline expansion at Floyd Bennett Field in New York, in the Department of Energy’s upload of the April 14, 2026 event. Burgum, introducing Wright, credited the administration’s partnership across the three agencies with supporting President Trump’s energy dominance agenda, and cited household energy savings of over $1,000 per household from the pipeline’s delivery of cheaper gas, as he stated it.

Wright described the project as “a battle that began almost a decade ago” to expand natural gas supply from Pennsylvania into New York, so New Yorkers and Long Islanders can have lower bills and greater job opportunities. He contrasted the U.S. and European economies over 16 years — the United States now more than 50 percent larger, a divergence he attributed to Europe getting energy wrong — and said the Constitution Pipeline is next, to serve Upstate New York and all six New England states, as he presented the plan. Zeldin, a Long Islander, called the NESE delivery “a pure, momentous, gigantic win for New York and for America,” and said the pipeline’s capacity can deliver natural gas to up to 2.3 million more families, as he stated it.

Why it matters

NESE is the administration’s energy-addition doctrine made physical in the state that blocked it for a decade: three cabinet principals on one stage, a named next project (Constitution), and the New England supply argument Wright makes in Washington carried to the groundbreaking itself.

Scoreboard watch

Scoreboard watch: the NESE groundbreaking, April 14, 2026 — Burgum’s over-$1,000 per-household savings figure, Zeldin’s up-to-2.3-million-families capacity figure, and Wright’s statement that the Constitution Pipeline is next, all as stated at the event. Flagged for the scoreboard editor; no entry is published from this page.

Sources: U.S. Department of Energy, “Secretary Wright, Secretary Burgum, and Administrator Zeldin at NESE Groundbreaking - April 14, 2026” (official upload, embedded above); U.S. Department of Energy, “Secretary Wright Delivers Remarks at the NESE Groundbreaking - April 14, 2026” (official upload of Secretary Wright’s remarks at the same event; remarks as delivered by Secretaries Wright and Burgum and Administrator Zeldin).