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The utility will pay a premium to Crestone Peak Resources, which minimizes methane leakage in the production and transport of natural gas by continuously monitoring activity through Project Canary’s technology. The results, which will be tracked starting this spring through early 2022, will be third-party certified by the Payne Institute at the Colorado School of Mines.
Some clean energy advocates say the industry should already be continuously monitoring for methane leaks. The natural gas industry is doing everything in their power to delay a phase down in gas plant buildouts due to climate action, said Bruce Niles, executive director of climate imperative at Energy Innovation, calling responsibly sourced gas the new clean coal.
The electrification of transportation, heating and other end uses necessary for the United States to meet its decarbonization goals will require the country to double its electricity load by 2050, panelists said Thursday at a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission technical conference. With that additional load will come opportunities, responsibilities and challenges, they said.
The panelists frequently acknowledged the need to consider issues of equity, affordability and environmental justice throughout the energy transition. If we don t address those issues, what are we doing? We re not accomplishing anything, said FERC Chairman Richard Glick.
They also raised cybersecurity concerns. It will be a constant battle to secure the grid, said Carlos Casablanca, managing director of distribution planning and analysis at American Electric Power Service Corp. But he added that AEP does not believe that these risks are brought upon by electrification efforts alone, as these risks alre