Gas Trade Groups Debate Effectiveness Of Ferc Plan To Require Pipes To Post Flow Data

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FERC should abandon a proposed rule that would require pipelines to post flow data, industry representatives said recently, rejecting outright FERC's assertion that the data is needed to increase gas market transparency.rnThe proposed reporting mandate (IF, 24 Dec, 1) could impose on the industry hundreds of millions of dollars in costs for metering and information technology, the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America said in comments filed with FERCrnearlier this month. Also, the pipeline group said, the proposal is impractical and the commission doesn't have the legal authority to expand reporting rules in that way.rn"Actual flow reporting is not appropriate because the additional metering will impact system efficiency and impose significant costs with no offsetting benefit to the market or consumers," INGAA asserted.