TransCanada Says Nebraska Regulators' Preferred Route Would Add Five Miles -- November 27, 2017

This is how the mainstream meda reported this story:

From Hardisty, Alberta, Canada, to Patoka, Illinois, the Keystone XL route is about 2,000 miles long give or take a few hundred miles. Keep that in mind when reading the linked story from Reuters:

The Canadian pipeline company is seeking a “clarification” on the PSC’s Nov. 20 decision, a TransCanada spokesman said.

The approved line was not TransCanada’s preferred route for the Keystone XL pipeline, but for a more costly alternative that would add 5 miles (8 km) of pipeline. 

In fact, this is the story (see graphic below), keep in mind, landowners along the "approved route" have not been contacted and may not even know they are now involved:

From Norfolk Daily News:

The alternative route selected by the PSC runs east of TransCanada’s preferred route and makes the pipeline cross parts of seven counties not previously in the path of Keystone XL.

The different counties now in the pipeline’s path are Madison, Stanton, Platte, Colfax, Butler, Seward and Saline. In addition, the pipeline route has been changed somewhat in Antelope and Jefferson counties.

As part of Monday’s brief commission meeting, Commissioner Chrystal Rhoades of Omaha read from a prepared dissent and said many of the landowners along the now-approved route may not be aware of the alternative route because no notice was given to them by TransCanada or the state.

As I noted earlier, the Nebraska regulators voted "yes" 3 - 2 to kill the Keystone XL.