Gas Network Retirement Is Becoming A Real Utility Planning Tool

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Gas utilities face challenges as customers switch buildings from gas to electricity while pipeline networks remain in service until enough nearby users leave. The article examines gas-network retirement as a planning tool for managing infrastructure in an electrifying economy.

Gas utilities have a structural problem in an electrifying economy. Customers can stop using gas one building at a time, while most of the physical network remains in service until enough neighboring customers have left for a section of pipe to be shut down. That distinction matters more as heat ... [continued] The post Gas Network Retirement Is Becoming A Real Utility Planning Tool appeared first on CleanTechnica.