GFO-21-504 – Development of a Data-Driven Tool to Support Strategic and Equitable Decommissioning of Gas Infrastructure

The role of natural gas in California’s energy system is changing as the state strives toward a clean energy future. Over the next 25 years, state and municipal laws concerning greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions will result in the replacement of gas-fueled technologies and will reduce the demand for fossil natural gas (CPUC, 2020). Without proper management, these transitions will impose challenges not only to customer affordability, but also to gas system planning, operations and maintenance, and safety. The data-driven tool developed under this solicitation will provide state agencies, local governments, investor-owned utilities (IOUs), and other stakeholders with valuable information for assessing the technical and economic feasibility of, and other issues related to, decommissioning specific segments of the gas system. This includes a greater understanding of possible strategic decommissioning pathways to complement emission reductions, avoiding unsustainable large cost burdens for ratepayers, ensuring that the safety of the gas system is not compromised, and enhancing the capacity of state agencies, IOUs, local governments, and other stakeholders to collaboratively plan and develop policy for the gas system in California’s low-carbon future by identifying promising sites for decommissioning gas infrastructure.

Eligibility

• Programs related to infrastructure
• Programs related to clean energy
• Programs related to transit

Award details

Applications close on February 25, 2022.

Categories

Clean Energy · Infrastructure · Sustainability