Puget Sound Energy Methane Challenge Partner Profile
Methane Challenge Partner Since 2016
Puget Sound EnergyExit has committed to apply best management practices (BMPs) across its operations to mitigate methane emissions from the emission sources listed below.
Learn more about Puget Sound Energy's progress towards meeting its commitments to implement methane-reducing technologies and practices related to these emission sources:
Background Information: Information submitted by Puget Sound Energy can be found on its document page. This page includes the following document:
- Methane Challenge Implementation Plan
- Methane Challenge Reported Data
Transmission and Storage
Centrifugal Compressors - Venting
Learn more about emissions from centrifugal compressors, available options to mitigate emissions, and what the BMP Commitment for centrifugal compressors entails.
| Year | Implementation Rate (%) | Target Rate and Year (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | -1 |
| 2018 | 0 | -1 |
| 2019 | 0 | -1 |
| 2020 | 0 | -1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 100 |
| Commitment Details | Company Selection |
|---|---|
| Segment: | Transmission and Storage |
| Target Year: | 2021 |
| Target Implementation Rate: | 100% |
| Current Implementation Rate: | 0% |
Graph shows: The blue bars show the percentage of compressors to which Puget Sound Energy has applied a BMP in a given year. The green star indicates its 2021 target annual rate (100%).
Distribution
Excavation Damages
Learn more about emissions from excavation damages, available options to mitigate emissions, and what the BMP Commitment for excavation damages entails.
| Year | Reporting Rate (%) | Target Rate and Year (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 66.6666666666667 | -1 |
| 2018 | 66.6666666666667 | -1 |
| 2019 | 0 | -1 |
| 2020 | 0 | -1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 100 |
| Commitment Details | Company Selection |
|---|---|
| Segment: | Distribution |
| Target Year: | 2021 |
| Target Reporting Rate: | 100% |
| Current Reporting Rate: | 66.67% |
Graph shows: The blue bars show Puget Sound Energy’s annual progress towards reporting on all Excavation Damages data elements. The green star indicates its 2021 target annual rate (100%).
Methane Reductions
Puget Sound Energy has not yet reported any voluntary methane reductions in the Methane Challenge program.
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About the Methane Challenge Program
The Methane Challenge Program provides a new mechanism through which U.S. oil and gas companies can make more specific and transparent commitments to reducing methane emissions. Partner companies choose between two commitment options to cost-effectively reduce methane emissions. For background information on the Methane Challenge program, please check out the Methane Challenge Fact Sheet.
Best Management Practice (BMP) Commitment
The BMP Commitment is intended to spur near-term, widespread implementation of methane mitigation activities across the oil and natural gas value chain to address methane emissions from key emitting sources. By committing to address an emission source, the partner is committing to implement a BMP on all such sources in their operations. Progress towards a commitment is generally indicated by the percent of sources to which the partner has implemented a BMP as part of the Methane Challenge. Commitments for a few sources are instead based on achieving a target rate (of equipment replacement or methane emission reductions).
Learn more about the BMP Commitment.
ONE Future Emissions Intensity Commitment
The ONE Future Commitment is intended to drive action to achieve segment-specific intensity targets, established through the ONE Future Partnership, which will represent emissions per volume produced or volume of throughput and add up to a 1% or less “leakage rate” along the natural gas value chain by 2025.
Learn more about the ONE Future Emissions Intensity Commitment
Learn more about the ONE Future PartnershipExit