Natural Gas Efficiency Programs Report - Natural Gas Efficiency Program Planning and

Natural Gas Efficiency Programs Report Natural Gas Efficiency Program Planning and Evaluation 2019 PROGRAM YEAR Authored by: Sapna Gheewala April 2022 American Gas Association Natural Gas Efficiency Regulatory Requirements and Cost Recovery Treatment There are a number of regulatory and legislative requirements that govern natural gas efficiency programs in the United States. [...] Of the total 97 utilities in the 28 states and 4 Canadian provinces that participated, 69 indicated that the state in which it operates requires the funding of an efficiency program. [...] Read about more details from our full analysis in 2018 2022 • Natural Gas Efficiency Programs Report • 8 # of Utilities American Gas Association Lost Margin Recovery Recovery of margin losses and revenue shortfalls due to efficiency program implementation are increasingly allowed in more states, thereby removing the disincentive to invest in natural gas efficiency programs due to falling revenues. [...] In some cases, the margin shortfall or surplus, specific to efficiency investments, is allowed to accrue in a deferral account, treated as a regulatory asset, and the recovery is amortized over a period of time, generally applied to the class of customers benefiting from efficiency savings. [...] Eighty-three utilities participate in these questions and 24 utilities (17 states) offered financial switching incentives to switch from one or more 34% of the energy sources previously mentioned while about half of respondents (13 utility programs) offered the financial switching incentive indicated that a reduction of to switch from two or more of the energy sources previously greenhouse gas (GH.