Task Force on Natural Gas Resource Planning
The Task Force on Natural Gas Resource Planning was established to connect utility regulators with tools, expertise and platforms to share information and develop their own refined visions for commission-led planning processes that will help them navigate the challenging energy landscape of the coming decades. This initiative is supported by the Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, Office of Policy and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, with internal staffing from the NARUC Center for Partnerships and Innovation, to convene members over the two-year period of the task force. The states represented on the task force reflect the geographic, political and economic diversity of NARUC’s membership. The list includes major natural gas-producing states and states heavily dependent on imported natural gas for heating, power generation and industrial processes. Several commissions are charged with implementing statutory decarbonization goals for the gas and/or electric utility sectors and many commissions are focused on economic development, long-term affordability, reliability/resilience and other state priorities. Task force members will engage with other states and experts to help accelerate their understanding of the costs, benefits and trajectories of various pathways to meet state policy goals and strategies to facilitate meaningful stakeholder engagement, all while minimizing cost burdens on customers.
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