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The Secretary for Environmental Protection in California created the Market Advisory Committee, a committee of national and international experts, to develop recommendations for designing a market-based program for reducing California’s GHG [...] Read More
This report surveys the contributions of oil and gas pipelines in meeting the Nation’s energy needs, the critical role that research played in making those contributions possible up until now, and how research will be necessary in the future [...] Read More
Responding to a letter from U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-MI) and Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality Chairman Rick Boucher (D-VA) for perspectives on global climate change policy options, the [...] Read More
RE: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2002-0068, Proposed Amendments to the NPDES Regulations for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Oil and Gas Exploration, Production, Processing, or Treatment Operations, or Transmission Facilities (71 FR 894). The [...] Read More
In exercising its new legal authority to require greater transparency in natural gas markets, the Commission proposes to revise its regulations to require that intrastate pipelines post daily the natural gas volumes flowing through their major [...] Read More
The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America filed comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) associated with residual risk and technology review for 22 industrial source [...] Read More
May 2, 2007 The Honorable Jeff BingamanChairmanEnergy and Natural Resources CommitteeU.S. SenateWashington, DC 20510 Dear Mr. Chairman:On behalf of the members of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA), I am writing to express our [...] Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WASHINGTON – Responding to a request from leaders of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee for perspectives on global climate change policy options, the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America [...] Read More
2006 was a very good year for the Foundation with respect to membership growth. Foundation membership grew by 10 percent in 2006. We added 11 new members. 2007 continues in that vein. In January, three new members have [...] Read More
Climate change is rapidly becoming the key domestic policy issue for the new Congress. A flurry of legislative proposals has already been introduced, and Speaker Pelosi has stated that climate change will be the focus for her leadership over [...] Read More
The Senate Finance Committee will begin reviewing energy tax policy in the coming months, and we understand that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) would like an energy tax bill on the Senate floor before the year is out. Expect Senate [...] Read More
The 110th Congress got off to a running start, particularly in the House where Speaker Pelosi focused on her “100 Hours” agenda. That agenda included, of course, the repeal of several tax benefits for oil and natural gas producers, as well [...] Read More
On January 16, the DC Circuit heard oral arguments in INGAA's challenge to FERC's orders requiring the expensing of costs incurred to comply with the Pipeline Safety Act of 2002. The appeal focuses principally on the baseline testing (i.e., [...] Read More
We are in the process of finalizing the content of the Foundation’s Midyear meeting. The meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines outside of Austin, TX on April 26-27. Please mark this on your calendars and encourage appropriate [...] Read More
On February 7-8, PHMSA held a joint government/industry research and development forum in New Orleans. The event included approximately 250 representatives from Federal, State and international government agencies, public representatives, [...] Read More
As a follow up to the INGAA Foundation’s successful October 2006 SCADA Workshop, the Foundation held its second SCADA Workshop in Houston on February 12-13. While the first workshop focused primarily on issue identification, this follow-up [...] Read More
On February 22, INGAA attended a working group kick-off meeting of the California Climate Action Registry (CCAR) and World Resources Institute (WRI) protocol initiative. The purpose of this project is to produce a guidance document and [...] Read More
Since the beginning of the year, INGAA, working with input from several member companies, began working with Diamax Information Services to redesign and implementation of a new INGAA website. Diamax was asked to review INGAA’s current web [...] Read More
Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman has been announcing his intent to introduce a comprehensive energy bill within the next several months, focusing specifically on renewable energy development, biofuel production and infrastructure, and [...] Read More
Climate change is the issue-of-the-day for Congress, as numerous hearings get underway on the science surrounding climate change, and legislative solutions for addressing the problem. House Speaker Pelosi has put her Committee Chairmen on [...] Read More