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AGA’s second annual Natural Gas Readiness Forum Summit convened over six dozen energy industry leaders from across natural gas distribution, midstream, and production along with state regulatory utility commissioners, regional transmission operators, the Department of Energy, and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission representatives to discuss system reliability, preparation for high-demand periods, and cross-sector coordination between the natural gas and electric industries. The event was administered by AGA as part of a recommendation from the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Gas-Electric Alignment for Reliability (GEAR) task force to promote cross-sector coordination in the energy industry and to boost preparedness for major events. Attached are slides from the event.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is one of the most important government agencies that many Americans have never heard of. PHMSA oversees the safe operation of our nation’s pipeline system, as well as approximately a million daily shipments of hazardous materials. Congress has a duty to regularly reauthorize PHMSA’s safety programs. This reauthorization has now lapsed – meaning that PHMSA is currently afloat, operating off the prior authorization while needed updates go unmade. It is critical that Congress act swiftly to move reasonable and consensus changes to pipeline safety law and regulation, support PHMSA’s primary role as pipeline safety regulator, and recognize the great strides in pipeline safety engineering and operating practices that pipeline companies are putting into practice across the country.
