Weatherization Works: Saving Energy and Supporting Low-Income Communities
The Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) provides eligible Americans with resources to reduce energy consumption through deploying energy efficiency measures, including…
Research & POlicy
On Capitol Hill and beyond, AGA champions the role of natural gas in energizing America’s future, advocating on behalf of natural gas utilities on a variety of issues related to the production, transmission, distribution and use of natural gas.
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Fact Sheets
Line Extension Allowances Fact Sheet
Line extension allowances (LEAs) are programs designed to offset some or all of the costs of connecting customers for natural…
Natural Gas Heat Pumps
Gas heat pumps can utilize a range of gaseous fuels including natural gas, renewable natural gas and hydrogen. Advanced gas…
Our Clean Hydrogen Future
Gas Utilities: Connecting the Hydrogen Economy
Reports
Beyond the Buzzwords: Unpacking Energy Efficiency, Electrification and Decarbonization
In the past decade, efforts to mitigate climate change have intensified, focusing on the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions…
2022-2023 Winter Heating Season Performance Survey Overview
January 3, 2025 Download the Report The winter heating season, spanning from November 1 to March 31, is the period…
Investor Perspectives on Natural Gas Utilities
The question of whether allowed rates balance the interests of utilities and ratepayers is a frequent area of discussion at…
AGA Benchmarking Report – USR 2022 Data
Natural gas utility financial and operation performance metrics are presented by year (in three-year intervals) and by company type (investor-owned…
Policy
AGA Letter to President-elect Trump, Incoming Administration and 119th Congress
American Gas Association President and CEO Karen Harbert and Board Chair Lloyd Yates shared an open letter with President-elect Trump,…
The Current State of Natural Gas Utility Line Extension Policies
Line extension allowances (LEAs) are programs designed to offset some or all of the costs of connecting customers for natural…
AGA Letter on Pipeline Safety Hearing, Energy and Commerce
AGA submitted a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security regarding pipeline safety.
Data
Weekly and Monthly Heating Degree Day Data
Heating Degree Days are a measure of the coldness of the weather experienced, based on the extent to which the daily…
2023 Leading Indicator Safety Survey Executive Summary
AGA Safety & Occupational Health Committee (SOHC) developed this survey in 2022 to identify companies with proactive mechanisms in place…
Emerging Fuels Survey
AGA is seeking additional member participation in the Emerging Fuels Survey.
Weekly Working Gas in Storage
The Underground Storage Report measures the utilization of subsurface facilities for storing gas that has been transferred from its original…
Energy Insights
Technical and White Papers
Natural Gas Statistics
Review statistical data on the natural gas industry.
Featured Resource
Building for Efficiency: Home Appliance Cost and Emissions Comparison
New analysis is now addressing the critical intersection between environmental sustainability and economic efficiency in household energy use, allowing for informed decisions by consumers, policymakers and other stakeholders to enhance energy efficiency while maintaining multiple options for households to reduce their carbon impact and control living costs.
Natural Gas State Profiles
The AGA State Profile Pages are designed to provide a snapshot of the natural gas industry by presenting the following gas industry statistics for each state and market segment: utility sales revenues, consumption, customers, infrastructure (including reserves, production, and transmission and distribution lines), and efficiency program expenditures.
Nation Wide
Natural Gas Utility Efficiency Programs
Energy efficiency can be an effective resource for customers, communities, and states to reduce energy costs, provide essential energy services, improve energy reliability and resilience, boost the economy, and reduce the environmental footprint of energy use.
Comments & Testimony
TSA Cyber NPRM AGA Comments
On February 5, AGA submitted comments to TSA’s Enhancing Surface Cyber Risk Management Proposed Rule. If finalized the proposal would…
Final Comments Submitted to Docket – OSHA Heat Injury & Illness Prevention NPRM
AGA provided joint comments (along with APGA) to OSHA’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) entitled Heat Injury & Illness Prevention…
AGA files cross-industry comments on the Leak Detection & Repair (LDAR) NPRM, proposed by PHMSA to fulfill Section 113 & 114 of the PIPES Act of 2020.
AGA, along with APGA, INGAA, API, GPA Midstream, AFPM, and NGA, filed cross-industry comments to the Leak Detection & Repair…
AGA files joint comments to Safety of Gas Distribution Pipelines (SGDP) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
Cross-industry comments filed by AGA, APGA (American Public Gas Association), and NGA (Northeast Gas Association) to PHMSA’s NPRM seeking input…