Washington Gas Joins the EPA’s Natural Gas STAR Methane Challenge Program as Founding Partner
March 30 2016 - 11:44AM
Business Wire
Washington Gas, a WGL company (NYSE: WGL), announced today that
it has joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)
Natural Gas STAR Methane Challenge Program as a founding partner.
This voluntary program provides participating companies with a
platform to showcase their efforts to reduce methane emissions and
improve air quality.
By joining the EPA’s Methane Challenge Program, Washington Gas
demonstrates its ongoing commitment to greenhouse gas (GHG)
emission reduction. This commitment includes a goal to achieve by
2020 an 18 percent reduction in GHG emissions for every unit of
natural gas delivered. Established in 2011 against a 2008 GHG
emission baseline, the company is on track to meet this
objective.
“WGL has a strong commitment to sustainability as a core company
value,” said Terry McCallister, chairman and CEO of WGL Holdings,
Inc and Washington Gas. “We demonstrate this commitment by
establishing aggressive emission reduction objectives for our own
operations and by offering our customers energy answers from a
well-balanced portfolio that includes renewable solutions, energy
efficiency services and green power.”
Washington Gas has also established a goal to reduce GHG
emissions from its fleet and facilities operations by 70 percent by
2020. The company expects to announce achievement of this goal well
ahead of schedule based on a number of initiatives. At its
Washington Gas LEED Gold-certified facility in Springfield,
Virginia, for example, up to 35 percent of the building’s base load
power comes from an on-site solid oxide fuel cell that generates
electricity through a process with far less emissions than
grid-generated electricity. The Washington Gas fleet reduced its
carbon footprint by 25 percent, primarily by deploying nearly 200
clean-burning natural gas vehicles.
The EPA Methane Challenge provides a mechanism for natural gas
and other energy companies to make and track commitments
established in collaboration with the EPA to lower methane
emissions that improve air quality. It is a voluntary program
designed for participants that submit meaningful and ambitious
methane reduction commitments and are prepared to transparently
account for progress and demonstrate ongoing improvements.
The Methane Challenge Program and its founding partners will be
introduced today at the Global Methane Forum at an event hosted by
Janet McCabe, EPA’s Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and
Radiation, at the Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center
in Washington, DC.
About Washington Gas
Washington Gas Light Company is a regulated natural gas utility
providing safe, reliable natural gas service to more than 1.1
million customers in the District of Columbia, Maryland and
Virginia. A subsidiary of WGL Holdings, Inc., the company has been
providing energy to residential, commercial and industrial
customers for more than 167 years.
About WGL
WGL (NYSE: WGL), headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a leading
source for clean, efficient and diverse energy solutions. With
activities and assets across the U.S., WGL consists of Washington
Gas, WGL Energy, WGL Midstream and Hampshire Gas. WGL provides
options for natural gas, electricity, green power and energy
services, including generation, storage, transportation,
distribution, supply and efficiency. Our calling as a company is to
make energy surprisingly easy for our employees, our community and
all our customers. Whether you are a homeowner or renter, small
business or multinational corporation, state and local or federal
agency, WGL is here to provide Energy Answers. Ask Us. For more
information, visit us at www.wgl.com.
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