2024 Pacific Northwest Gas Market Outlook
The Outlook serves as a valuable resource for policymakers, industry professionals, and others in making informed decisions.
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- Jun 24
- 4 min
NWGA Releases 2024 Pacific Northwest Natural Gas Market Outlook
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Dan Kirschner, Executive Director Northwest Gas Association dkirschner@nwga.org (WEST LINN, Ore.)...
- May 20
- 2 min
Why Natural Gas and the Electric Grid Must Work Together During Extreme Weather
Recent extreme weather events prove there is a consistent higher demand for electricity and natural gas, showing the need for coordination.
- May 16
- 2 min
NWGA Comments on ENERGY STAR Program – Version 5.0 Furnace Specification
May 16, 2024 Ann Bailey, Director ENERGY STAR Labeling Branch U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW...
- Mar 30
- 3 min
Natural gas plays important role in region’s energy infrastructure
We successfully avoided an electric grid failure this year because natural gas storage and pipelines were available.
- Mar 24
- 1 min
Readers respond: Energy diversity saved us during storm
The Pacific Northwest is blessed with two amazing energy infrastructures in the electric grid and in the naturalgas system. The January...
- Oct 13, 2023
- 7 min
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $7 Billion for America’s First Clean Hydrogen Hubs
By U.S. Department of Energy WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, a key pillar of Bidenomics, the...
- Oct 13, 2023
- 5 min
Pacific NW wins $1 billion from feds for hydrogen hub. Now what?
By Tom Banse, Washington State Standard Oregon and Washington scored big Friday in a fiercely contested national competition to grab a...
- Jul 13, 2023
- 2 min
ALL EYES ON EUGENE, OREGON
On July 10, the Eugene City Council voted unanimously to repeal the ordinance banning natural gas connections to new residential...
- Jun 22, 2023
- 2 min
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
As we reported earlier this year, restrictions on natural gas-powered appliances have sparked alarm among chefs and restaurant owners...
- May 10, 2023
- 2 min
NINTH CIRCUIT - PART TWO
As we know, the City of Berkeley, CA banned the installation of natural gas piping in new construction. Judges in the U.S. Ninth Circuit...
- Apr 26, 2023
- 3 min
THE NINTH CIRCUIT DELIVERS
In 2019, Berkeley, CA became the first city in the country to prohibit natural gas connections in new buildings. On April 17th, the Ninth...
- Apr 19, 2023
- 2 min
NATURAL GAS ESSENTIAL TO AGRICULTURE
The first in American Gas Association’s Advancing America series, “Advancing America’s Agriculture: The Value of Natural Gas to U.S....
- Mar 29, 2023
- 2 min
THE DETAILS ON WASHINGTON'S FIRST CAP-AND-INVEST AUCTION
Washington state held its first cap-and-invest auction on February 28, marking an important milestone in the state’s efforts to reduce...
- Feb 28, 2023
- 2 min
GAS + COOKING + RESTAURANTS = YUM
In the Pacific Northwest, several cities are considering curtailing the use of natural gas in new and existing buildings, including...
- Feb 2, 2023
- 2 min
The Northwest Gas Association Announces the Start of Session in Olympia & Salem
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Dan Kirschner, Executive Director Northwest Gas Association dkirschner@nwga.org (WEST LINN, Ore.)...
- Jan 23, 2023
- 4 min
COOKING WITH GAS: INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND RESIDENTIAL GAS RANGES
The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) claimed that a report it had published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and...
- Jan 17, 2023
- 2 min
The Northwest Gas Association Introduces Its New Website and Logo
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Dan Kirschner, Executive Director Northwest Gas Association dkirschner@nwga.org (WEST LINN, Ore.)...
- Jan 2, 2023
- 4 min
Senate Hearing Shows Natural Gas is Reducing Emissions, Supporting the Grid as EV Usage Rises
Natural gas has played the leading role in reducing carbon emissions in the United States during the past 15 years and is now supporting...
- Jan 2, 2023
- 1 min
Natural Gas Industry Works to Reduce Methane Emissions
By Ed Finklea of Alliance of Western Energy Consumers A recent op-ed rightly pointed out the “fastest and cheapest” way for America to...
- Jan 2, 2023
- 2 min
Three Ways the Natural Gas Industry is Committed to Environmental Stewardship
Here in the Pacific Northwest, the natural gas industry cares deeply about the environment and wants to do everything we can to preserve...
- Jan 2, 2023
- 2 min
Washington Company Generating Buzz with Carbon Capture Technology
There is an overwhelming consensus among all stakeholders – utilities, labor, homeowners, businesses, and environmental advocates – that...
- Jan 2, 2023
- 2 min
Columbia University Study Shows How to Decarbonize Using Natural Gas Network
In a thoughtful study released in April 2021, the Columbia University Center for Global Energy Policy reveals the opportunities and...
- Jan 2, 2023
- 2 min
Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Invests in Green Hydrogen
On August 9th, the U.S. Senate passed The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a bipartisan effort to pump $1 trillion in new...
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