Natural Gas: Critical Energy for American Communities
Customers deserve to have choices about the energy they use to heat their homes and cook their food. And they need to have the right information to make an informed decision. Many fossil fuel bans are being debated without proper information or deliberate misinformation. The purpose of this page is to provide details about activity across the country related to proposed natural gas bans, credible data and analysis that will illustrate the continued role for natural gas to help reliably, affordably, safely and environmentally responsibly meet our nation’s energy needs.
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Activity Trackers
- Electrification Tracker
- Natural Gas Moratorium Tracker
- Tracker Map
- Groups in Support of Consumer Choice and Natural Gas
State Activity
- Arizona Energy Choice Legislation
- Kentucky Energy Choice Legislation
- Tennessee Energy Choice Legislation
- Oklahoma Energy Choice Legislation
- Oklahoma Energy Choice One Pager
- State Chambers Letter to the California Energy Commission
- Labor, Faith and Business Coalition Letter to the California Energy Commission
- California Restaurant Association Files Suit Against City of Berkley over Natural Gas Ban
- Riverside County Joins 113 California Local Governments in Voting to Keep Their Natural Gas Choice
- Gov. Cuomo Letter to Public Service Commission Chair John Rhodes Regarding National Grid, Oct. 24, 2019
- Gov. Cuomo Letter re: revoking National Grid's certificate to operate, Nov 12, 2019
- AGA Comments on New Jersey's Energy Master Plan
- AGA Comments on New Jersey's Integrated Energy Plan
- Affordable Energy for New Jersey coalition page
- AGA Comments on Maryland 's Strategic Energy Investment Advisory Board Listening Session
- Brookline By-Law: Sustainable Buildings Warrant Article 21
Research
- The Value of Natural Gas
- Implications of Policy-Driven Residential Electrification
- Uncovering the U.S. Natural Gas Commerical Sector
- American Gas Foundation
- Pacific Northwest Pathways to 2050
- Pathways for Deep Decarbonization in California
Natural Gas Company Activity
- Puget Sound Energy Letter to Seattle Mayor & City Council
- National Grid Letter on Brookline Natural Gas Ban
Testimony
- MA Coalition for Sustainable Energy Letter to Brookline
- MA and Northern New England Laborers' District Council Letter to Brookline
- NAIOP MA, The Commercial Real Estate Development Association Letter to Brookline
- Consumer Energy Alliance Testifies in Support of KY Energy Choice
Fact Sheets
State Fact Sheets
Blog Posts
Third Party Content
- State Air Trends and Successes
- Sacramento Utility Employee's Pro-Electrification Argument Doesn't Hold Up to The Facts
- Top Four Things to Know About Sierra Club-Funded Report on Air Quality & Natural Gas
Media Coverage
- Why Eco-Warriors’ Bid to Ban Natural Gas Appliances Is Wrongheaded, The Daily Signal
- Gas Ban Monitor: Seattle reboots policy; state GOP lawmakers aim to preempt bans, S&P Market Intelligence
- City of Berkeley says state approval bolsters novel natural gas ban, Inside EPA
- State preempts local bans on natural gas hookups, E&E News
- Arizona on track to bar cities from imposing natural gas bans, Reuters
- In liberal Takoma Park, a bold new climate proposal: Banning fossil fuels,Washington Post
- ‘All-Electric’ Movement Picks Up Speed, Catching Some Off Guard, The New York Times
- To Fight Climate Change, One City May Ban Heating Homes With Natural Gas, The New York Times
- Gas Lobby Group Goes on Attack to Halt Move to Ban New Hook-Ups, Bloomberg
- Restaurants Warn That Gas Bans Take Seared Steaks Off the Table, Bloomberg Environment
- Gas bans, once a Calif. specialty, arrive in New England, E&E News
- As Bay Area natural gas bans spread, lawsuits mount, San Francisco Chronicle
- California ditched coal. The gas company is worried it’s next, LA Times