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Natural Gas STAR Program

Methane Challenge Partner Commitments

Below is a list of Methane Challenge Partners with commitments. You may search, sort, or filter the table using the available controls.

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Partner Partner Join Date Segment Commitment* Rate/ Intensity Target Start Date Commitment Achievement Year
Partner Partner Join Date Segment Commitment Rate/ Intensity Target Start Date Commitment Achievement Year
Aethon Energy Operating, LLC 10/30/2019 Production Equipment Leaks/ Fugitive Emissions -- -- --
Aethon Energy Operating, LLC 10/30/2019 Gathering and Boosting Equipment Leaks/ Fugitive Emissions -- -- --
Ameren Illinois 3/25/2016 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 3/30/2016 2020
Atmos Energy 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 1.5% 5/1/2016 2021
AVANGRID, Inc. 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 3.0% 3/21/2016 2021
Avista Utilities 3/25/2016 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 9/30/2016 2021
Black Hills Energy 10/10/2020 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 5.0% 1/1/2021 2026
Black Hills Energy 10/10/2020 Distribution Services - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel -- 1/1/2021 2026
Black Hills Energy 10/10/2020 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 1/1/2021 2026
CenterPoint Energy 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 5.0% 1/1/2016 2021
Columbia Gas of Maryland, Inc. (a NiSource Company) 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 6.5% 4/1/2016 2021
Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, Inc. (a NiSource Company) 3/25/2016 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 4/1/2016 2021
Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, Inc. (a NiSource Company) 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 5.0% 4/1/2016 2021
Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. (a NiSource Company) 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 2.0% 4/1/2016 2021
Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. (a NiSource Company) 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 2.0% 4/1/2016 2021
Columbia Gas of Virginia, Inc. (a NiSource Company) 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 6.5% 4/1/2016 2021
Consolidated Edison Company of New York 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 4.0% 9/30/2016 2018
Consolidated Edison Company of New York 3/25/2016 Distribution Services - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel -- 9/30/2016 2018
Consumers Energy 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 3.0% 9/30/2016 2021
Dominion Energy Carolina Gas Transmission 12/21/2018 Transmission & Storage Blowdowns 50% 1/1/2019 2024
Dominion Energy Questar Pipeline 12/21/2018 Transmission & Storage Blowdowns 50% 1/1/2019 2024
Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc. 3/25/2016 Transmission & Storage Blowdowns 50% 8/1/2016 2021
Dominion Energy Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho (Questar Gas Company) 3/25/2016 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 9/7/2016 2018
Dominion Energy West Virginia and Dominion Energy Ohio (Hope Gas, Inc. and The East Ohio Gas Company) 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 1.5% 8/1/2016 2021
Dominion Energy West Virginia and Dominion Energy Ohio (Hope Gas, Inc. and The East Ohio Gas Company) 3/25/2016 Distribution Services - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel -- 8/1/2016 2021
Dominion Energy Wexpro 12/21/2018 Gathering & Boosting Reciprocating Compressor Venting 100% 1/1/2019 2024
DTE Energy 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 1.5% 3/30/2016 2021
DTE Energy 3/25/2016 Gathering & Boosting Reciprocating Compressor Venting 100% 3/30/2016 2021
DTE Energy 3/25/2016 Transmission & Storage Reciprocating Compressor Venting 100% 3/30/2016 2021
Duke Energy 3/25/2016 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 9/1/2016 2021
Duke Energy 3/25/2016 Distribution Services - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel -- 9/1/2016 2020
Elizabethtown Gas 11/14/2019 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 6.5% 1/1/2020 2021
Elizabethtown Gas 11/14/2019 Distribution Services - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel -- 1/1/2020 2021
Eversource 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 3.0% 3/30/2016 2021
Exelon Utilities 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 2.0% 1/1/2017 2021
Exelon Utilities 3/25/2016 Distribution Services - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel -- 1/1/2017 2021
Iroquois Gas Transmission 3/13/2020 Transmission & Storage Blowdowns 50% 1/1/2021 2025
Kern River Gas Transmission Company 3/25/2016 Transmission & Storage Blowdowns 50% 9/29/2016 2021
Kinder Morgan 8/15/2016 Transmission & Storage ONE Future Emissions Intensity Commitment 0.31% -- 2025
Knoxville Utilities Board 3/25/2016 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 3/30/2016 2020
Knoxville Utilities Board 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 6.5% 3/30/2016 2017
Liberty Utilities 5/10/2017 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 4/1/2017 2022
Liberty Utilities 5/10/2017 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 6.5% 4/1/2017 2022
Liberty Utilities 5/10/2017 Distribution Services - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel -- 4/1/2017 2022
MDU Resources Group, Inc. 3/25/2016 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 3/23/2016 2020
Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha 9/13/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 7.5% 1/1/2017 2021
Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha 9/13/2016 Distribution Services - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel -- 1/1/2017 2021
MidAmerican Energy Company 3/25/2016 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 9/29/2016 2021
National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation 10/12/2018 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 3.0% 10/8/2018 2023
National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation 10/12/2018 Distribution Services - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel -- 10/8/2018 2023
National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation 10/12/2018 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 10/8/2018 2021
National Fuel Gas - Empire Pipeline, Inc. 10/12/2018 Transmission & Storage Equipment Leaks (Blowdown and Isolation Valves) 100% 9/1/2020 2024
National Fuel Gas - Empire Pipeline, Inc. 10/12/2018 Transmission & Storage Pneumatic Controllers 100% 10/8/2018 2019
National Fuel Gas Midstream Co, LLC 10/12/2018 Gathering & Boosting Pneumatic Controllers 100% 10/8/2018 2019
National Fuel Gas Midstream Co, LLC 10/12/2018 Gathering & Boosting Reciprocating Compressor Venting 100% 10/8/2018 2019
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation 10/8/2018 Transmission & Storage Equipment Leaks (Blowdown and Isolation Valves) 100% 9/1/2020 2024
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation 10/8/2018 Transmission & Storage Pneumatic Controllers 100% 10/8/2018 2022
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation 10/8/2018 Transmission & Storage Reciprocating Compressor Venting 100% 10/8/2018 2022
National Grid 3/25/2016 Distribution ONE Future Emissions Intensity Commitment 0.44% -- 2025
National Grid 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 1.5% 9/30/2016 2016
National Grid 3/25/2016 Distribution Services - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel -- 9/30/2016 2016
New Jersey Natural Gas 9/13/2018 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 95% 10/1/2018 2021
New Jersey Natural Gas 9/13/2018 Distribution Services - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel -- 10/1/2018 2021
New Mexico Gas Company 10/27/2016 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 9/1/2016 2021
NiSource, Inc. 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 1.5% 4/1/2016 2021
Northern Indiana Public Service Company (a NiSource Company) 3/25/2016 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 4/1/2016 2021
Northern Natural Gas 3/25/2016 Transmission & Storage Blowdowns 50% 9/29/2016 2021
NW Natural 3/25/2016 Distribution Blowdowns 80% 10/1/2016 2019
ONE Gas, Inc 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 2.0% 3/30/2016 2018
Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 6.5% 9/30/2016 2017
Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. 3/25/2016 Distribution Services - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel -- 9/30/2016 2017
Pacific Gas & Electric Company 3/25/2016 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 3/23/2016 2020
Pacific Gas & Electric Company 3/25/2016 Transmission & Storage Blowdowns 50% 3/23/2016 2020
Pacific Gas & Electric Company 3/25/2016 Transmission & Storage Pneumatic Controllers 100% 3/23/2016 2020
Pacific Gas & Electric Company 3/25/2016 Transmission & Storage Reciprocating Compressor Venting 100% 3/23/2016 2017
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 2.0% 1/1/2016 2020
Peoples Natural Gas, LLC 3/25/2016 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 9/1/2016 2021
Peoples Natural Gas, LLC 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 1.5% 9/1/2016 2021
Philadelphia Gas Works 3/31/2020 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 2% 7/1/2020 2022
Philadelphia Gas Works 3/31/2020 Distribution Services - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel -- 7/1/2020 2020
Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. 3/25/2016 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 9/1/2016 2021
Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 1.5% 4/1/2016 2021
Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) 3/25/2016 Distribution Services - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel -- 4/1/2016 2021
Puget Sound Energy 3/25/2016 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 9/1/2016 2021
Puget Sound Energy 3/25/2016 Transmission & Storage Centrifugal Compressor Venting 100% 9/1/2016 2021
San Diego Gas and Electric 3/25/2016 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 8/25/2016 2021
San Diego Gas and Electric 3/25/2016 Transmission & Storage Reciprocating Compressor Venting 100% 8/25/2016 2021
Seneca Resources 10/12/2018 Production Pneumatic Controllers 100% 1/1/2019 2019
Seneca Resources 10/12/2018 Production Storage Tanks 100% 1/1/2019 2021
Seneca Resources 10/12/2018 Gathering & Boosting Pneumatic Controllers 100% 1/1/2019 2019
Seneca Resources 10/12/2018 Gathering & Boosting Reciprocating Compressor Venting 100% 1/1/2019 2020
Seneca Resources 10/12/2018 Processing Reciprocating Compressor Venting 100% 1/1/2019 2020
South Jersey Gas 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 5.0% 1/1/2016 2021
South Jersey Gas 3/25/2016 Distribution Services - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel -- 1/1/2016 2021
Southern California Gas Company 3/25/2016 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 8/25/2016 2021
Southern California Gas Company 3/25/2016 Transmission & Storage Reciprocating Compressor Venting 100% 8/25/2016 2021
Southern Company Gas 9/13/2016 Distribution ONE Future Emissions Intensity Commitment 0.44% -- 2025
Southwest Gas Corporation 3/25/2016 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 1/1/2017 2021
Southwestern Energy Company 8/15/2016 Production ONE Future Emissions Intensity Commitment 0.36% -- 2025
Spire 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 5.0% 4/1/2016 2021
Spire 3/25/2016 Distribution Services - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel -- 4/1/2016 2021
Summit Utilities, Inc. 7/29/2016 Transmission & Storage Blowdowns 50% 3/1/2017 2019
Summit Utilities, Inc. 7/29/2016 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 1/1/2017 2019
TECO Peoples Gas 10/27/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 6.5% 1/1/2017 2021
TC Energy US Gas Operations 3/25/2016 Transmission & Storage ONE Future Emissions Intensity Commitment 0.31% -- 2025
UGI Utilities, Inc. 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 3.0% 3/31/2016 2017
UGI Utilities, Inc. 3/25/2016 Distribution Services - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel -- 3/31/2016 2017
Vectren 3/25/2016 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 9/19/2016 2021
Vectren 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 5.0% 9/19/2016 2021
Vectren 3/25/2016 Distribution Services - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel -- 9/19/2016 2021
Vermont Gas 3/25/2016 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 9/1/2016 2020
Washington Gas 3/25/2016 Distribution Excavation Damages 100% 1/1/2016 2021
Washington Gas 3/25/2016 Distribution Mains - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel 3.0% 1/1/2016 2021
Washington Gas 3/25/2016 Distribution Services - Cast Iron & Unprotected Steel -- 1/1/2016 2021
Xcel Energy 3/25/2016 Distribution Blowdowns 50% 1/1/2017 2018

*When partners make a Distribution Services commitment, they commit to replace services when replacing the main; partners do not set a target replacement rate for services.
When partners make an Excavation Damages commitment, they commit to report all Methane Challenge excavation damages data elements by their commitment achievement year.

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