NEWS & ISSUES
The Natural Gas Association of Georgia is engaged in advocating for state and federal level policies that support sustainable, waste-to-energy development in Renewable Natural Gas and monitoring industry advancements which continuously enhance safety and make natural gas the economically sound choice for a low carbon future.
Natural Gas in the News
- Georgia Commissioner Fitz Johnson to Lead New NARUC Natural Gas Resource Planning Task Force (NARUC 10/10/2023)
- Cooking with Gas: Indoor Air Quality and Residential Gas Ranges (AGA)
- The Department of Energy (DOE) New Furnace Rule
- New Study Finds Research on Natural Gas Cooking and Asthma Fails to Demonstrate Causal Relationship (Science Direct, 4/18/23)
- Expansion of All Fuels Bill to Include Appliances Passes General Assembly (NGA of GA 3/31/23)
- AJC Article by Commissioner Jason Shaw (AJC 2/1/23)
- Natural Gas In The News – Membership Action Required! (NGA of GA 2/1/23)
- Natural Gas gaining ground and the US has plenty of it. (Bloomberg 7/11/22)
- APGA Responds to Stanford Study on Gas Stoves (APGA 1/28/2022)
- Clean Energy to Supply Amazon with RNG (Bio-Energy News 04/19/21)
- States Looking to De-carbonize, may need to look at gas’ origin (S&P Global 03/20/21)
- Why North Carolina’s poultry industry isn’t creating biogas like hogfarms are. (Energy News Network 3/19/18)
- AD plant will use chicken litter to produce renewable natural gas in Maryland (Renewable Energy World 08/05/20)
Georgia Advocacy Issues
- Bill to preempt local bans on natural gas hookups clears Senate (Georgia Recorder 03/22/21)
NATIONAL ADVOCACY ISSUES
- H.R. 2448 – The Renewable Natural Gas Incentive Act (NVG AMERICA 2023)
- AGA files brief in ongoing challenge against DOE appliance rules (AGA 4/9/2024)
- State attorneys general, Rinnai challenge U.S. Department of Energy’s tankless water heater rule (PR Newswire 1/17/2025)