Item 3: Quarterly Update from Texas Gas Service — original pdf

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Austin Resource Management Commission Update Larry Graham Manager, Strategic Advocacy February 15, 2022 About Us 2 3rd largest natural gas distribution company in Texas Customers: 680,000 Employees: 1,130 Austin is part of our Central- Gulf service area – 231,000 customers in Austin, 320,000 in service area Austin Climate Equity Plan Sustainable Buildings • Goal 1: By 2030, achieve net-zero carbon for all new buildings and reduce emissions by 25% for existing buildings while lowering all-natural gas-related emissions by 30%. 3 • Equitable natural gas emission reduction strategies may include but are not Strategy 3: Achieve energy efficient, net-zero carbon buildings limited to; - Renewable Natural Gas - Expanded Energy Efficiency Programs - System leak detection and reduction - Evaluating of hydrogen integration - Evaluation of onsite carbon capture for industrial customers *Austin Climate Equity Plan, page 50. 4 Renewable Natural Gas • TGS responded to City Council Resolution 20200220-047 by contracting with ICF to identify potential sources of RNG. • ICF identified specific feedstock sources in the area and found that there is enough RNG to offset TGS local emissions. • One potential project is with the Austin Water Utility at the Hornsby Bend Bio-Solids Management Plant. 5 Hornsby Bend Bio-Solids Management Plant Statement from Austin Water Utility “Austin Water is reviewing the alternatives for the methane gas generated by the anaerobic treatment process at Hornsby Bend Biosolids Management Plant. To that end Austin Water and the City of Austin did issue a Request for Information (RFI) to interested parties. Austin Water is now currently evaluating the responses from the RFI and reviewing the alternatives available to Austin Water for repurposing the produced methane gas. Included in the alternatives is providing renewable natural gas into the gas pipeline grid for Renewable Identification Number (RIN) Credit under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).” 6 Energy Efficiency Programs • Three-year budget administratively approved by the City of Austin in December 2021 • Current EE programs authorized from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024 7 Efforts to Reduce Emissions Pipeline Replacement Advanced Leak Detection EPA Emissions Reduction Goals 8 Environmental Highlights 9 ONE Gas expects to achieve a 55% reduction in emissions due to leaks from its distribution pipelines by 2035, measured from a 2005 baseline and accounting for projected system growth. Our El Paso Customer Contact Center Technician Questions? 10