Natural Gas Legislative and Standards Update
Posted by admin on Feb. 13, 2014 / CNG, LNG / Subscribe 0
U.S. Rep. Samuel Graves-Missouri, along with co-sponsor Rep. Lee Terry-Nebraska, introduced three bills into the House of Representatives, that are intended for supporting the use of natural gas as a transportation fuel in the trucking sector.
The first bill, H.R.3937, would construct a task force to explore how the U.S.' long-haul fleet could be altered from diesel fuel to natural gas.
The second bill, H.R.3938, would direct the secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to designate natural gas fueling corridors for long-haul truck traffic.
The third bill, H.R.3940 - the Natural Gas Long Haul Truck Competitiveness Act of 2014, would create an interstate weight-limit exemption for natural gas vehicles to account for the heavier weight of CNG) and LNG storage vessels.
In other CNG and LNG news-the NGV industry is asking natural gas companies, fuel retailers, state advocates, fleets and customers to contact state weights and measures officials and other state officials to urge them to support the adoption of a national diesel gallon equivalent standard for CNG and LNG. This standard would allow CNG and LNG to be sold in a way that allows for ready comparison with diesel fuel at retail stations. All of the retail pumps used today in the U.S. use the GGE unit for dispensing CNG and all retail stations price CNG in GGE units.
From the purchaser’s perspective, the pump display and readings would show the number of DGE units dispensed and information would be provided on the pump to show how natural gas is converted to DGE units. However, many key state weights and measure officials, support a proposal to require that natural gas be sold in kilograms instead.
The NCWM’s NGV Steering Committee needs to develop a proposal by the end of February in order for this issue to be available for voting later this summer at the NCWM Annual Meeting.
To "weigh in" on this issue, write to or contact your state weights and measure official(s) https://www.ncwm.net/resource/state-directors-all to let them know if you support adoption of a DGE standard for CNG and LNG.
Sources: NGV America and NGT News
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