First Name | Margaret |
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Last Name | Felts |
Email Address | mcf@mcfelts.com |
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Subject | Emissions for natural gas systems |
Comment | Regarding: SUMMARY # C14 ID NUMBER: EJAC-3/ARB 2-12 TITLE : REDUCE METHANE VENTING/LEAKS FROM OIL AND GAS SYSTEMS PROPONENT: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND CALIFORNIA AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICERS ASSOCIATION In the description, you are missing emissions from Natural Gas Storage Facilities in California. From work I've done in the past for the PUC, I know there can be -- and are -- significant losses of natural gas to the surface from underground storage facilities. The losses can be managed and held to a minimum by the way they operate the facilities. Proper management would reduce the amount of gas they can store. Although storage may be necessary to the industry to manage level gas supplies in the public system, the quantity stored could be less to accomplish the same goal. (The competing purpose of storing gas is to allow utilities to take advantage of wholesale gas price swings.) You would have to weigh the pricing advantage to the consumers against the value of reduced air emissions. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2007-10-08 11:40:54 |
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