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Committee approves notice requirement when utilities plan hydrogen blends over 2.5%
Summary
The House Climate, Energy, and Environment Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 685a, which would require natural gas utilities to notify affected customers and the Public Utility Commission when planned hydrogen blending would exceed 2.5% by volume; members debated PUC authority and safety concerns before passing the motion.
Chair Lively opened a work session on Senate Bill 685a Thursday, May 22. Committee staff summarized the bill as requiring a natural-gas utility to provide notice to affected customers and to the Public Utility Commission if the utility plans to increase hydrogen blending so that the hydrogen volume would exceed 2.5 percent of the gas mix; staff said the bill specifies information required in the…
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