National Fuel Announces Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Targets and Emissions Reduction Pathway for New York Utility Business - Seite 2

The Guidehouse study, Meeting the Challenge: Scenarios for Decarbonizing New York’s Economy, assessed the Climate Act’s impacts on New York’s energy system and communities. The study evaluated scenarios for meeting the state’s 2050 GHG emissions reduction goal, focusing on the interplay of energy efficiency, electrification, hybrid heating solutions, and low-carbon fuels to leverage existing utility infrastructure and provide cost-efficient solutions. The study’s results can be found at https://guidehouse.com/insights/energy/2021/scenarios-for-decarbonizin ....

“We believe the best emissions reduction pathway is one that provides both environmental and economic sustainability, allowing the ability to meet the Climate Act’s targets while providing delivery system resiliency, integrity and reliability, and offering options for more affordable carbon reduction measures,” said Distribution President Donna L. DeCarolis.

“By focusing policy on an ‘all-of-the-above’ carbon-reduction approach, we can achieve the Climate Act’s targets while preserving essential energy delivery reliability and resilience for consumers,” added DeCarolis. “This includes doubling-down on energy efficiency, embracing a broad range of energy-agnostic technologies and solutions, and being inclusive of low-carbon options like renewable natural gas, hydrogen, hybrid-heating systems, and carbon capture and storage.”

Distribution’s Pathway includes four pillars and was developed utilizing the Guidehouse study projections of the most cost-effective approaches to reduce GHG emissions within New York state by the year 2050.

• Scale Energy Efficiency: Ample opportunities exist for efficiency in three sectors: transportation, buildings, and industry. To improve efficiencies, Distribution will continue to pursue existing and expanded building shell improvement programs that reduce consumption. To further reduce emissions, Distribution is evaluating hydrogen and other low-carbon solutions, as well as hybrid-heating technology using a high-efficiency gas furnace in concert with an electric air-source heat pump. Also, since its inception in 2008, the Company’s Conservation Incentive Program has helped more than 150,000 customers upgrade to higher-efficiency natural gas appliances achieving total emission reductions of approximately 1.3 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2e).