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Pipeline Permitting

MCLI Recommendation: “State legislatures should designate a lead agency with responsibility for coordinating the various permitting processes for renewable gas-gathering pipelines.”

LPDD Recommendation: “In the absence of legislative action, state PUCs should enter into an agreement with state environment and energy agencies to clarify their respective roles in permitting renewable gas-gathering pipelines and provide for greater cooperation in any reviews, to the extent allowed by law.”

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Resource Executive Branch

US GAO report, Pipeline Permitting

The US Government Accountability Office’s 2013 report, Pipeline Permitting: Interstate and Intrastate Natural Gas Permitting Processes Include Multiple Steps, and Time Frames Vary, which reviewed rele...

Example States and State Governments

California Renewable Gas Interconnection Incentive

California established a $40 million monetary incentive program under which certain renewable gas producers can recover a portion of their interconnection costs from gas utilities. A 2016 bill, AB 231...

Resource Congress

Report, Expanding Natural Gas Pipeline Infrastructure

The Keystone Center’s 2002 report, Expanding Natural Gas Infrastructure to Meet the Growing Demand for Cleaner Power, lists recommendations of the Pipeline Siting Work Group of the Interstate Oil and ...

Model Law States and State Governments

LPDD Model Law: Designating State Lead Agency for Biogas Permitting

To support the increased production of biogas and the delivery to end users, the LPDD text identifies the need for changes in the regulatory framework over biogas production and delivery facilities. A...

Resource States and State Governments

Report, Securing Rights-of-Way to CO2 Pipeline Corridors in the United States

Raven and Matsushita’s 2017 report examines the U.S. pipeline system and the regulatory regime for the transportation of CO2 across public and private land, as well as some of the potential means of s...