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The attached letter to House and Senate tax writing committees asks that they consider extending the bonus depreciation for capital expenditures contained in recent stimulus legislation, for those projects like pipelines that have longer [...] Read More

INGAA sent a letter to Senator Harry Reid, the Majority Leader of the Senate, regarding energy infrastructure development and interstate natural gas pipelines.  The letter was sent to coincide with the National Clean Energy Project: Building [...] Read More

2008 INGAA Foundation Survey results are now [...] Read More

These guidelines were developed using a consensus process by a work group formed by Foundation members. The guidelines draw upon the experience and leading practices of the full breadth of INGAA Foundation members as well as practices used [...] Read More

INGAA letter to the Obama Transition, regarding natural gas infrastructure and the upcoming economic stimulus and energy bill [...] Read More

WASHINGTON – According to a letter issued by the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA), H.R. 6720 (The Natural Gas Strategy Act), if enacted, would stifle investment in natural gas infrastructure at a critical time for the [...] Read More

On July 2, 2008 a coalition of environmental groups sent a letter to the U.S. EPA (“agency”) indicating their intent to sue within 60 days over the agency's failure to review and update three sets of air pollution regulations for oil and [...] Read More

WASHINGTON— Phillip D. Wright, President of Williams Gas Pipeline and Chairman of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) Board of Directors, announced today that the interstate natural gas pipeline industry has adopted a set [...] Read More

(Washington, DC) A new study by the Natural Gas Council concludes that legislation to be debated in the U.S. Senate this week is likely to increase natural gas demand without addressing the need for increased supply. David Parker, president and CEO [...] Read More

  Richard Hoffmann Named as Executive Director of the INGAA Foundation   WASHINGTON-- The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) announced today that Richard R. Hoffmann will join the staff of INGAA on January 21, 2008 as [...] Read More

The natural gas transmission industry faces a difficult challenge in maintaining an adequate technical workforce today and throughout the next decade.  The INGAA Foundation has released a new report,  “Securing Our future: Developing [...] Read More

INGAA along with IPAA and NGSA, expressed their opposition to HR3221 and HR2776 in a letter written to Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representative,.  These bills profess a focus on energy independence; yet, their impact on [...] Read More

The California registry has released the final draft report of the transmission and storage GHG reporting protocol discussion paper.  In addition to the final draft, they have also developed a matrix of comments received and their proposed [...] Read More

The Secretary for Environmental Protection in California created the Market Advisory Committee, a committee of national and international experts, to develop recommendations for designing a market-based program for reducing California’s GHG [...] Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  WASHINGTON  – Responding to a request from leaders of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee for perspectives on global climate change policy options, the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America [...] Read More

2006 was a very good year for the Foundation with respect to membership growth.   Foundation membership grew by 10 percent in 2006.  We added 11 new members.  2007 continues in that vein.  In January, three new members have [...] Read More

Climate change is rapidly becoming the key domestic policy issue for the new Congress.  A flurry of legislative proposals has already been introduced, and Speaker Pelosi has stated that climate change will be the focus for her leadership over [...] Read More

The Senate Finance Committee will begin reviewing energy tax policy in the coming months, and we understand that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) would like an energy tax bill on the Senate floor before the year is out.  Expect Senate [...] Read More

The 110th Congress got off to a running start, particularly in the House where Speaker Pelosi focused on her “100 Hours” agenda.  That agenda included, of course, the repeal of several tax benefits for oil and natural gas producers, as well [...] Read More

On January 16, the DC Circuit heard oral arguments in INGAA's challenge to FERC's orders requiring the expensing of costs incurred to comply with the Pipeline Safety Act of 2002.  The appeal focuses principally on the baseline testing (i.e., [...] Read More