Natural Gas Industry Uniformly Tells FERC that Data Provided by Electric Grid Operators Fail to Support Any Change to the Start of the Customary Gas Day

摘要

According to the opinion of many natural gas industry companies and organizations, in filings made at FERC on or about Feb. 2, data provided to the Commission by U.S. electric grid operators do not make a case for changing the start of the Gas Day. The statistics from the six regional transmission organizations (RTOs) and independent system operators (ISOs)1 “clearly confirm” that there is not a nationwide problem during the morning electric load ramp up that is associated with the current start time, claimed the New England Local Distribution Companies (LDCs), American Public Gas Association (APGA), Natural Gas Council (NGC), and Coalition for Enhanced Electric and Gas Reliability, in separate filings. The problems, “if they exist,” occur mainly in the Northeast, in the view of some.