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Chad Zamarin before the House Subcommittee on Railroads

Good morning. My name is Chad Zamarin, and I am Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategic Development at the Williams Companies. Williams owns and operates natural gas gathering, processing and transmission infrastructure, including the [...] Read More

How Do Pipeline Companies Keep Pipelines Safe?

Have you thought about how natural gas reaches your home? Of all the ways to deliver energy, pipelines are the safest method according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. Today, there are 300,000 miles of natural gas transmission pipelines [...] Read More

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The United States and Canada will require annual average natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids midstream infrastructure investment of about $44 billion per year, or a total of $791 billion (in real 2016 dollars) over the 18-year period from 2018 [...] Read More

INGAA �deeply troubled� by Trump administration plan to punish natural gas

The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America is deeply troubled by the Trump administration’s apparent move to scapegoat natural gas to prop up uneconomic coal and nuclear plants.  “There is absolutely no justification for the [...] Read More

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Comments on Pipeline Safety: Repair Criteria

The American Gas Association (AGA) , American Petroleum Institute (API) , American Public Gas Association (APGA)  and Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA)  (jointly “the Associations”) submit these comments for [...] Read More

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Answer to Notice of Inquiry on Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes

INGAA responds to the argument made by commenters that the elimination of a tax allowance for MLPs and potentially other pass-through entities must result in the expeditious return of excess ADIT to customers of such pipelines.  For the reasons [...] Read More

INGAA opposes Trump administration�s decision to impose steel tariff on long-standing allies

Don Santa, president and chief executive officer of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, calls ‘very troubling’ and ‘inconsistent’ a Trump administration decision to impose steel tariffs on long-standing, [...] Read More

Mountain Valley Pipeline and Atlantic Coast Pipeline Projects State Water Control Board Request for Technical Information on Specific Wetland and/or Stream Crossings

 Dear Agency Officials: The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (“INGAA”) welcomes this opportunity to provide technical comments and information to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) on [...] Read More

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INGAA Comments on EPA�s ICR Regarding the Voluntary Natural Gas STAR Methane Challenge Program

Dear Mr. Pryor, The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (“INGAA”) respectfully submits these comments in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA’s”) request for comments on the [...] Read More

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Joint Petition for Rulemaking on Pressure Relief Device (PRD) Testing Requirements

AGA and INGAA are petitioning PHMSA to amend 49 CFR Part 193.2619 to recognize and enforce the pressure relief device (PRD) testing requirements in NFPA 59A (2001 edition) at 11.5.5.1(e) (incorporated by reference in 49 CFR Part 193) instead of [...] Read More

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Supplemental Joint Comments on the Safety of Underground Natural Gas Storage Facilities Interim Final Rule

On February 17, 2017, November 20, 2017 and March 2, 2018, the Associations, along with the American Public Gas Association, filed comments relating to PHMSA’s Pipeline Safety: Safety of Underground Natural Gas Storage Facilities Interim Final [...] Read More

Reducing Carbon Footprints with Natural Gas

If you’ve recently zoomed down the highway in your car, heated your home, hopped on an airplane or had a steak, it’s likely you’ve left behind a carbon footprint. A carbon footprint is the total greenhouse gas emissions produced, [...] Read More

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INGAA Comments on ADIT Notice of Inquiry

On December 22, 2017, the President signed the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) into law, which reduced the federal corporate income tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent, effective January 1, 2018.  Additionally, as pertinent to [...] Read More

Natural gas

Today, the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, along with AGA, AFPM, API, PMAA and NOIA highlighted the steps that the natural gas and oil industry is taking to prepare its operations for the upcoming hurricane season and shared lessons [...] Read More

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INGAA Answer in Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Rate Changes Relating to the Federal Income Tax Rate

A few commenters request the Commission to clarify that negotiated rate contracts are subject to revision and allow rate reductions for shippers under such contracts.  Indicated Shippers argue that the Commission should allow negotiated rate [...] Read More

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INGAA Reply Comments on Grid Resilience in RTOs/ISOs

INGAA supports the Commission’s continued examination of grid reliability and resilience in regional transmission organizations (“RTOs”) and independent system operators (“ISOs”).  Every RTO and ISO, including PJM, [...] Read More

Letter in Support of H.R. 5175

Dear Chairman Walden and Ranking Member Pallone: The American Gas Association (AGA) and the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) are pleased to support the Pipeline and LNG Facility Cybersecurity Preparedness Act (H.R. 5175), [...] Read More

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Comments on Pipeline Safety: Safety Of Gas Transmission Pipelines

The American Gas Association (AGA), American Petroleum Institute (API), American Public Gas Association (APGA) and Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) (jointly “the Associations”) submit these comments for consideration by the [...] Read More

Environmental stewardship: Saving Slippery Salamanders

Blog powered by INGAA member Williams. Williams’ partnership with West Liberty University to save a vulnerable species of salamander reached a milestone recently with the release of 12 of the reclusive amphibians back into their native [...] Read More