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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 of commitments to enhance communications with landowners in connection with the construction of new… Read More

 INGAA requests that the Commission: (1) not impose a definite implementation date at this time to allow time for software development and testing, and continue to provide a testing site after implementation; (2) provide alternate procedures or a waiver of regulations in the event of an electronic system failure; and… Read More

On May 19,  2008 INGAA submitted comments in response to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NOPR") issued by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ("PHMSA") to promulgate regulations that would establish eligibility standards enabling certain natural gas transmission pipelines to operate at an increased maximum allowable operating pressure (“MAOP”). INGAA… Read More

INGAA requests the Commission retract the NOPR’s proposed amendment of 18 C.F.R. § 284.13(d), and thereby refrain from requiring interstate pipelines to post daily actual flows. Should the Commission instead go forward with an actual flow reporting requirement, INGAA requests the Commission revise its proposed regulations to not require the installation… Read More

The appendix, in particular, is designed to show the reader, using the Word program’s redline/strikeout feature, the difference between the regulatory text proposed by the Commission in it’s Notice for Proposed Rulemaking, and the changes to that text that INGAA is proposing in its comments. Please see Standards of Conduct… Read More

INGAA’s comments were generally supportive of FERC’s proposed new approach, which focuses on (1) “marketing” activities rather than the more expansive concept of “Energy Affiliate” activities, and (2) on the functions performed by individual employees, as opposed to a “corporate” separation approach that attempts to establish the primary business function… Read More

Attached to the Interestate Natural Gas Association of America (“INGAA”)’s post-technical conference supplemental comments is an affidavit of its witness, Dr. Michael J. Vilbert, in response to the Reply Comments of the State of Alaska. Dr. Vilbert’s affidavit, Table 1, references a workpaper. … Read More

At the January 23, 2008 technical conference, the Commission Staff stated its intent to seek Commission approval for a round of reply comments in addition to the round of initial comments scheduled by the Commission. On January 31, 2008, the Commission issued its Notice of Opportunity for Filing Reply Comments. On February… Read More

These comments reinforce INGAA’s position that the Commission’s use of GDP for the long-term growth variable of the Discounted Cash Flow methodology produces reasonable results and should be retained. Read More

In response to the Commission’s “Notice of Technical Conference and Request for Additional Comments,”[1] issued on November 15, 2007, the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (“INGAA”) hereby submits the following additional comments on the long-term growth component of the Commission’s DCF model. Attached is an analysis… Read More

On January 25, INGAA filed comments on the Commission’s notice of proposed rulemaking in which it proposed to lift the maximum rate cap on short-term capacity release transactions and relax the tying prohibition and bidding requirements to facilitate asset management agreements (AMAs).  LDCs and… 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 of the American Gas Association, was one of… Read More

In October 2007, U.S. Senators Joseph I. Lieberman (Independent-CT) and John W. Warner (Republican-VA), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection, introduced S. 2191, America’s Climate Security Act of 2007. Following action by the Committee on Environment… Read More

The Clean Air Act (CAA) general conformity provisions state that: No department, agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government shall engage in, support in any way or provide financial assistance for, license or approve any activity which does not conform to a [CAA] state implementation plan [SIP] after it has… Read More

   Cased pipe segments are generally believed to be very safe; however, external corrosion compromising the integrity of the cased pipes does exist. The primary types of external corrosion include atmospheric corrosion and corrosion by electrolyte. The external corrosion by electrolyte occurs when cathodic protection (CP) is shielded, for instance,… Read More

This white paper, Waste Heat Opportunities for Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines, prepared for INGAA by Bruce A. Hedman, an expert on distributed generation and waste energy recovery with the consulting firm of EEA-ICF, analyzes the current status and future potential for three energy efficiency applications – power generation from waste… Read More

This report has evaluated vintage pipelines in reference to the historical evolution of the natural-gas pipeline system in the US, and the related evolution of steel and pipe making practices, and pipeline construction practices to meet the needs of that system.  The potential for anomalies in this system has been… Read More

The EPA signed the Final IC Engine Rules on December 20 and posted the signature version on-line on December 21.  The Final Rule was published in the Federal Register today, January 18, 2008.  The "consolidated" rule includes the Spark Ignition IC Engine NSPS (Part 60, Subpart JJJJ) and amendments to… Read More

The natural gas pipeline industry constructs new pipelines in hundreds of acres of wetlands annually and conducts maintenance operations in approximately 2,800 acres of wetlands. These projects also cross hundreds of thousands of tributaries and streams in a given year. These activities require permitting and mitigation, typically under the… Read More

In a single, easy-to-use volume, the Desk Book captures a wealth of background information about the interstate natural gas pipeline industry in the United States. The Desk Book spans many topics,including the evolution of natural gas regulation, current challenges facing the industry, the legal and regulatory framework under which pipelines… Read More