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Coalition backs bill to qualify renewable natural gas for heating decarbonization
Summary
A witness for the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas told the Joint Committee on Revenue that Senate Bill 1998 would allow utilities to lower the carbon intensity of delivered gas by using qualified renewable fuels, including renewable natural gas (RNG), and urged flexible geographic deliverability and balanced compliance rules.
State Sen. Jamie Eldridge and House Co-chair Chairman Madero convened a joint public hearing of the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Revenue where testimony was heard on Senate Bill 1998 (also filed as House Bill 3230) to establish a renewable heating solutions framework for the Commonwealth.
Janem Serres, manager of state legislative affairs for the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas, told the committee the measure “takes a practical approach to decarbonizing the heating sector by creating this renewable heating solution”…
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