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At the very end: > After years of fanfare about renewable natural gas, what’s its share of NW Natural’s gas supply today? > Less than 1%. The article, indeed
by andrewflnr 2y ago
At the very end:
> After years of fanfare about renewable natural gas, what’s its share of NW Natural’s gas supply today?
> Less than 1%.
The article, indeed, cites precious few actual statistics to lie with at all, but this suggests that the phrase "as much" means the same proportion, not the same absolute amount. So in your words, yes, they're selling "more natural gas" from fossil sources.
- autoexec 2y agoYeah the only actual numbers (and the most damning) in the article say that they promised 5% and delivered less than 1%. That said, it really would have been nice if they'd linked directly to the reports and documents they used as sources. They list their sources as: The NW Natural 2023 Annual Renewable Natural Gas Compliance Report, Oregon Senate Bill 98 (2019), and the 2022 NW Natural Integrated Resource Plan.
- hinkley 2y agoNWN’s website says their first facility went online in 2022 so the 2019 report would tell them nothing and the 2022 report next to nothing. They also partnered with BP (wearing a disguise called Archaea, because Deepwater Horizon ruined their name) but they only have one facility listed in Oregon so far, and a few in Washington.
- hinkley 2y agoThe NW Natural website says they spun up their first biogas (I guess we are calling it Renewable Natural Gas or RNG now?) in 2022 and they had a partially completed second facility at the time. That’s not a lot of time to shift your fuel mix. It is concerning that NWN hasn’t updated their environmental report since December 2022. But it looks like they’ve focused on carbon intensity in other ways, like finding more efficient producers and reducing venting during maintenance. It’s a start but it does sound a lot like foot dragging.