Reply Comments on the OIR to Establish Policies, Processes, and Rules to Ensure Safe and Reliable Gas Systems in California and Perform Long-Term Gas System Planning
On March 12, the CHBC submitted its reply comments to the CPUC on the R.20-01-007 proceeding, which will establish policies, processes, and rules for the gas system. The comments centered on two points from the previous round of comments:
- Agree with comments by Middle River Power and others that encourage the Commission to consider options for repurposing the gas system for decarbonized hydrogen and other zero carbon solutions, as a means of helping to advance California’s greenhouse gas reduction and carbon neutrality goals.
- Support comments, such as those by SMUD, that call for more data driven analysis before drawing conclusions as far reaching as the future of the gas system.