Since states will have different capacities for manufacturing or acquiring renewable gas, before adopting a renewable gas standard, the appropriate agency within a state should first undertake a study of the state’s ability to produce in the state or obtain outside the state renewable gas so as to determine the appropriate goals for a renewable gas standard.
This model legislation includes language for directing the appropriate agency to conduct a study regarding the availability of renewable gas for use in the state by gas utility companies. The model legislation was prepared based on Hawaii’s proposed SB 2818 SD2 HD1, which, if passed, would “fund and require the public utilities commission to conduct a study regarding the availability, feasibility, and costs of the use of renewable gas in Hawaii by gas utility companies.”