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Members of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America have long worked to minimize methane emissions. Recognizing the increased concern about climate change, INGAA’s board of directors on July 19 formally affirmed its commitment to minimize methane emissions from their interstate natural gas transmission and storage facilities through a series… Read More

811 Day is right around the corner! Tied to its calendar shorthand, National 811 Day highlights the importance of safe digging. Professional excavators, farmers and homeowners should call 811 every time they dig to ensure they have full knowledge of any pipelines or other underground utilities at or near their… Read More

We’ve all seen them – those little flags that stick out of the ground in a rainbow of colors indicating the presence of underground utilities. But did you know that each color signifies a different type of utility line? The list below, produced by the American Public Works Association, identifies… Read More

Don Santa, president and chief executive officer of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, applauded a bill introduced today by Senators John Barrasso, Shelly Moore Capito, Steve Daines and Jim Inhofe to restore cooperative federalism in the review of infrastructure projects, such as interstate natural gas pipelines:… Read More

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration should look to new technologies and pending integrity regulations as it seeks to update its class location change requirements, the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America said today following PHMSA’s announcement of an advanced noticed of proposed rulemaking on “Pipeline Safety: Class… Read More

Americans made 990 million visits to a physician in 2015. If you made one of those visits, chances are your doctor used plastic instruments or prescribed you medicine in a plastic bottle. These items are everywhere in the medical world and would be far more difficult and more expensive… Read More

During the first quarter of 2018, The INGAA Foundation commissioned a report by Process Performance Improvement Consulting (P-PIC) and the Center for Applied Psychological Research (CAPR) through the University of Houston to provide a detailed account of how INGAA member companies developed and executed the INGAA safety culture survey. The… Read More

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should reaffirm its existing Certificate Policy Statement, which has given the commission a “durable framework” to review applications to construct interstate natural gas pipeline facilities, the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America told FERC in extensive comments filed Wednesday. Domestic consumers and industry have… Read More

The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (“INGAA”) submits these comments in response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“FERC” or “Commission”) notice of inquiry (“NOI”) on its currently effective policy statement1 on the certification of new interstate natural gas transportation facilities, issued April 19, 2018.2 As further discussed herein,… Read More

From fueling our stovetop flames to powering our lights, it's easy to see how natural gas impacts our daily lives. While these conveniences are easy to notice, many don’t see how natural gas makes it possible to save money, improve air quality and grow our economy. Powering all these benefits… Read More

Over a dozen organizations and companies, including the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, today announced the formation of the Global Natural Gas Coalition. The new alliance will work to promote the benefits of natural gas as a foundational fuel for economic growth and prosperity worldwide. A coalition launch event,… Read More

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 nation’s largest-by-volume natural gas interstate transmission system in the country. All told, Williams owns and operates… Read More

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… Read More

Midstream infrastructure development has occurred at a rapid pace over the past several years, causing many to question if the trend can continue. In response to those questions, the INGAA Foundation retained ICF to undertake a study to forecast the amount of midstream infrastructure development needed in the U.S. through… Read More

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 through 2035, a new study finds. The report, North… Read More

Washington, June 18, 2018 — 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 through 2035, a new… Read More

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 extreme intervention in energy markets suggested in the draft National Security Council memo. Read More

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 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) concerning the “Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines: Repair Criteria,… Read More

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 stated in INGAA’s comments, ADIT issues relating to MLPs and other… Read More

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, strategic allies: “The administration’s decision to immediately impose a 25 percent tariff on steel imported from our long-standing allies… Read More