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During NYC Climate Week, 14 governors pledged to explore implementing six building decarbonization/electrification policies. Here's a breakdown of those policies and what they could mean for natural gas use: spglobal.com/marketintellige…
In a major upset for gas ban advocates, a Washington DC board killed a proposed all-electric construction requirement for apartments and other commercial buildings. Here's how the policy failed to pass in a progressive city: spglobal.com/marketintellige…
Positive sign for Berkeley, CA & gas ban backers: 9th Circuit Court of Appeals directed the California Restaurant Association to respond to Berkeley's petition for a rehearing of a 3-judge panel's opinion that Berkeley's gas ban conflicts w/ Energy Policy & Conservation Act
... the 9th Circuit often dismisses petitions for rehearing of a panel's opinion without asking the appellant (CRA in this case) to respond.
Essentially, Berkeley cleared a hurdle and some members of the 9th Circuit think this issue might be something worth revisiting.
Here's why Berkeley, the US Department of Energy, a group of progressive states, New York's utility regulator and other supporters think the 9th Circuit should review the panel's opinion: spglobal.com/marketintellige…
As of June 2023, nearly half of US states have outlawed gas bans, #electrification mandates & other policies that block #NaturalGas use in buildings.
Still, more anti-gas ban bills failed than passed this year.
Full analysis here: spglobal.com/marketintellige…
The answer is in fact Congress. Congress gave the Department of Energy the authority. In the landmark Energy Policy and Conservation Act.
👆That is from the DOE's Feb. 1 supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking for the new energy efficiency standards for consumer cooking equipment, which this hearing was about. That explanation can generally be found in every proposed rule.
Check out those gas utilities outperforming the broader utilities sector in Q1 🧐
Story here: spglobal.com/marketintellige…
At CERAWeek, Air Products CEO Seifi Ghasemi said the company could ship much of the green hydrogen produced at a mega-scale export facility in Saudi Arabia to California. Here's why that idea is drawing pushback ... 1/8🧵
Story here: spglobal.com/marketintellige…
Last year, Air Products opposed SoCalGas' bid to record the cost of conducting feasibility studies for a transmission pipeline that would link in-state green hydrogen production to the Los Angeles Basin. (7/8)
Calif. utility regulators decided the project was in the public interest and approved cost tracking (which could lead to cost recovery from ratepayers). Air Products said that would distort the market. I've outlined that disagreement in the story (8/8): spglobal.com/marketintellige…