Natural Gas

“In our proposals and plans for the HyVelocity Hub, about 80% of the hydrogen production is going to come from hydrogen produced with natural gas. Another 20% will come from electrolysis. It’s important that we’re increasingly understanding the carbon intensity of hydrogen. The Open Hydrogen Initiative will help with that.”

The panel was moderated by United States Energy Association CEO Mark Menezes. Excerpts feature Edison Electric Institute CEO Dan Brouillette, EPRI CEO Arshad Mansoor, and Nuclear Energy Institute CEO Maria Korsnick.

“We don’t necessarily have the regulatory mechanisms in place that allow the regulators to be able to evaluate assets that are designed for those low-frequency but high-impact events.”

“In Washington and Oregon, there is a larger push for decarbonization of our gas stream. We’re looking at purchasing RNG and providing both to all customers, and also providing that as a separate program for people who are interested in taking RNG at a slightly higher price.”

“The water and wastewater utility industry is similar to the gas utility industry. We’ve been successful in core competencies building and operating pressurized pipe, delivering a product underground, and working in a highly-regulated environment.”

“It is getting more difficult to expand infrastructure. Congress has allocated money to expand infrastructure. We’re not asking for a handout from taxpayers. We’re just asking for regulators to permit the infrastructure.”

“It’s representative of how we could do a significant carbon reduction of our power generation sector with existing assets, which is critical.”

“The value chain around a hydrogen economy is going to be important.”

“We will pipe in hydrogen, mix it right at the plant, blend it with gas, and then feed it into the plant.”

The New York Power Authority announced the Green Hydrogen Demonstration Project, the first commercial natural-gas-fired power plant in the U.S. to demonstrate the technical feasibility of green hydrogen blending.