CHBC Submits Comments on CEC’s Natural Gas R&D Program Expansion

On February 9, the CHBC submitted comments on the California Energy Commission’s intent to request the Public Utilities Commission to expand existing investor-owned utility (IOU) funded Natural Gas Research and Development Program. The CHBC comments outlined specific ways hydrogen-based gas can reduce GHG in the energy system, including:

• Increasing grid reliability and integrating increasing levels of renewables onto the regional electric grid
• Turning the “duck curve” challenge into an opportunity
• Providing highly scalable, cost-effective, geographically flexible energy storage
• Displacing fossil – based hydrogen in highly polluting industries such as refining, fertilizer and metals production
• Fueling hydrogen stations for zero-emissions fuel cell electric vehicles

Read the complete comments and recommendations here >>