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Response Chart <br /> <br />Idea/Proposal PUC <br />Notice1 <br />Permissible <br />Franchise <br />Term or <br />Limited to <br />Regulation2 <br /> <br />Impact on achieving CRO <br />Goals3 <br />(310,000 MtCO2e by 2030) <br />Figures are annual reductions <br />at 2030. <br /> <br />Triple Bottom Line <br />1 Limit or prohibit new <br />natural gas infrastructure. <br /> <br />No Franchise <br />50% reduced investment= <br />20,000 MtCO2e <br />100% reduced investment= <br />40,000 MtCO2e <br />Moderate impact on new <br />construction. Depends on if <br />this is applied to new <br />accounts or to extension of <br />new pipeline. <br />2 <br />Require NWNG to <br />incentivize customers’ <br />reduced use of natural gas <br />or customers’ purchase of <br />emission offsets provided <br />by NWNG’s Smart Energy <br />Program. <br />Yes Franchise 50% offset=160,000 MtCO2e <br />100% offset=310,000 MtCO2e <br />Effect will increase cost of <br />product. Generally, utility <br />rate increases <br />disproportionately impact <br />low income populations. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />