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Washington Gas Light Files Climate Proposal

Dockets: FC1167
Category: Uncategorized

Washington Gas Light’s Proposal outlines four (4) programs designed to achieve emissions abatement, reduction, and removal and to enhance emissions data accuracy and transparency for the District’s energy customers and policymakers.

From Proposal: 

Table 1: Proposed Washington Gas Programs 

Program Brief Description
Program I: Lower Carbon Technology Studies Support studies to assess the emissions reduction potential and feasibility in the District of the following technologies and solutions:
• Networked geothermal
• Sewage heat recovery
• Carbon capture
• Hybrid heating
• In-District biomethane resources

Program II: Expedited Consideration for Biomethane Infrastructure Adopt a procedural process framework that will allow Washington Gas to propose and develop infrastructure necessary to interconnect biomethane production to the distribution system
Program III: Carbon Neutral Credits Allow Washington Gas to procure carbon credits to offset Scope 3 combustion emissions.
Program IV: Enhance Emissions Reporting Transparency and Accuracy Require natural gas competitive service providers (“CSPs”) and Washington Gas to report to the Commission the known emissions intensity of their supplies of certified gas and biomethane as well as the volume and type of carbon credits procured to offset customer emissions.


Require natural gas competitive service providers (“CSPs”) and Washington Gas to report to the Commission the known emissions intensity of their supplies of certified gas and biomethane as well as the volume and type of carbon credits procured to offset customer emissions.

WGL Proposal (08/05/2024) 
FC1167 (11/18/2020) 
(In The Matter Of The Implementation Of The Climate Business Plan)