The American Gas Association, along with other trade organizations and a manufacturer, are challenging the U.S. Department of Energy rule that would ban the sale of noncondensing natural-gas furnaces beginning in December of 2028.
The final rule from the U.S. Department of Energy, issued recently, requires newly manufactured indoor residential gas furnaces to be at least 95% efficient starting in December 2028, meaning furnaces made after then will have to be condensing models.
HVAC industry representatives are pushing back on a bid by more than two dozen public interest groups for an eventual ban on new fossil-fuel-burning heating appliances.
The ASAE Award is granted to associations for leveraging their unique resources to solve problems, advance industry and professional performance, kick start innovation, and improve world conditions.
The Utility Industry Workforce Initiative is a multi-year effort dedicated to facilitating the recruitment, training, and retention of exiting service members, veterans, and their spouses into employment in the utility industry.
The 2014 “Potential Supply of Natural Gas in the United States” report finds the U.S. possesses a technically recoverable natural gas resource potential of 2,515 trillion cubic feet (Tcf). This is the highest resource evaluation in the PGC’s 50 year history — a 5.5 percent increase of 131 Tcf from the previous record-high assessment from year-end 2012.
Americans continue to save money and improve their environmental footprint by using natural gas, according to the 2015 American Gas Association Playbook.
The AGA announced the creation of a voluntary industry effort to further elevate the safe and reliable delivery of natural gas to homes and businesses throughout North America.
Now fully operational, the DNG ISAC is designed to help local natural gas utilities throughout the nation share and access timely, accurate, and relevant threat information as part of their continued commitment to the safe and reliable delivery of natural gas to the more than 177 million Americans who rely on it to meet their daily needs.