Standards proposed on flexible pipe scheduling

摘要

As the gas pipeline industry rolls out its new schedule to improve gas/rnelectric coordination, a pair of stakeholders proposed a standard theyrnsay would reduce the need for future schedule changes and helprnpipeline companies get paid to offer flexible services to generators.rn“What the standard proposes to do is to take what is alreadyrnoccurring on an informal basis and create some standards for the purpose of creating price signals,” Jonathan Peress, the director of airrnpolicy at Environmental Defense Fund, said in interview.rnBut the proposal is running into early resistance from somernpipeline industry officials, who say the plan may not have the intendedrneffect on the gas and electric industries.