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APGA Engaging in Conversation on Natural Gas Vehicles

By Stuart Saulters posted 05-18-2023 11:22 AM

  
Public natural gas utilities have long supported the use of natural gas in transportation.  APGA members adopted a policy resolution in 2008 and have since been advocating for policies that support more use of natural gas vehicles (NGVs).  However, recently proposed new, more stringent emissions standards from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) threaten their use. Congress held an oversight hearing this week on this ongoing rulemaking, so APGA staff offered background information to members of Congress, including data that shows NGVs are 90% cleaner than the EPA’s current nitrous oxides (NOx) standard and emit up to 21% fewer greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than a comparable gasoline or diesel vehicle.  With renewable natural gas (RNG), which is created from agricultural waste, landfills, and wastewater treatment plants, GHG emissions can be reduced by up to 382%.  During the hearing, there was a positive exchange on the benefits of NGVs. Watch it here.
 
APGA will continue to engage in conversations on NGVs in both the legislative and regulatory spaces, ensuring this lower emission option is allowed to be a transportation choice. 

For questions on this article, please contact Stuart Saulters of APGA staff by phone at 202-544-1334 or by email at ssaulters@apga.org.     

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