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Gas Quality Standards

MCLI Recommendation: “FERC and states should require pipeline operators seeking to apply stricter quality standards to renewable gas than natural gas to provide a valid justification for that choice.”

LPDD Recommendation: “State PUCs should adopt renewable gas quality standards that do not operate as a barrier to pipeline transportation.”

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Resource Private Entities

ABC RNG Purity Recommendation

Renewable natural gas producers represented by the American Biogas Council have argued that there is not a justification for applying different quality standards to natural and renewable gas, and ther...
Resource Private Entities

Utility RNG Quality Standards

Biogas World notes that several gas utilities in the USA have RNG programs and their own requirements for the quality of RNG injected into their grid. A table summarizes critical parameters of RNG/bio...
Resource Private Entities

RNG Interconnect Guidance Document

The Northeast Gas Association prepared a 2019 RNG Interconnect Guidance Document, which aims to provide the technical framework and guidance necessary for the introduction of RNG into the natural gas ...
Resource Local Governments

RAP Report, Principle of Smart Heat Electrification

RAP’s 2020 report surveys policies that impact smart heat electrification, including electricity pricing, energy efficiency obligations, carbon intensity standards, financial support schemes, building...
Resource Private Entities

Green-e RNG standards

Green-e has embarked upon a process to create a new Green-e standard and certification program for renewable gas products and associated environmental attributes. Publication is expected in mid-2020.
Example Congress

California Biogas Quality Standards

In response to state legislation, the California PUC finalized quality standard for biogas. They prescribe acceptable concentration levels for 17 constituents of concern in biogas, including arsenic, ...