Pathway 8.

Non-Carbon Dioxide Climate Pollutants → Methane

8.2.4 Pipeline Leaks

LPDD Recommendation: “PHMSA or state pipeline safety authorities could update their existing regulations to require the prompt detection and repair of all leaks.”

LPDD Recommendation: “State PUCs could change existing cost recovery frameworks where they discourage repair by, for example, imposing the risk of increased leakage entirely on customers.”

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New York’s Leaked Gas Cost Recovery Methodology

Jurisdiction: State Agencies

Gas rate recovery is not linked to actual leakage each year, but rather fixed every three years to reflect historical averages.

Report, Lost But Not Forgotten: The Hidden Environmental Costs of Compensating Pipelines for Natural Gas Losses

Jurisdiction: Individual Agencies, State Public Utility Commissions, States and State Governments

Examines the current frameworks for recovery of lost and unaccounted-for gas in each U.S. jurisdiction, and recommends changes to those frameworks to encourage improved management of pipeline leaks.

Proposed Methane Emissions Mitigation Act

Jurisdiction: Congress

Aimed at supporting the development of new technologies to address natural gas pipeline leaks, providing $225 million for research on leak control technologies.

FERC’s Cost Recovery Mechanism for Modernization of Natural Gas Pipelines

Jurisdiction: Individual Agencies

Allowed pipeline operators to recover repair and replacement costs annually, rather than waiting for the next rate case.