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Northwest Climate Methane Task Force
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Introduction
We are some climate activists in the Oregon area. We happen to have some engineering background. We also happen to have had our interest sparked in fugitive methane problems starting about a year ago.
We have been quite amazed by how big a problem this has been, and are anxious to see the problem fixed.
While we are waiting to figure out what comments to submit to whom, we are preparing our thoughts. The following buttons will take you to some of them:
Topic 0: Why this legislature should solve the following issues
- Who will develop the carbon budget? What should it look like?
- Who will have the staffing to figure out recommendations to keep us on a carbon budget each biennium?
- Carbon Tax: The one control that can work to slow carbon usage:
- Who will figure out how sensitive usage is to cost of carbon?
- Who will set the new biennial cost of carbon to keep usage on budget?
Topic 1: Why Natural Gas Regulation and lack of organizational effectiveness must be fixed this Legislative Session to save our part of climate change.
A new set of pages is about to appear to help people understand that we have a great opportunity to put Oregon on the track for success in fighting climate change this year.
Links will appear here.
Topic 2: Coming to the End Of The Fossil Fuel Age
==== Having a Carbon Budget Make Sense to Guide Oregon's transition to Green. ====
Topic 3: Why PGE Should NOT install more Natural Gas Generators
We are some climate activists in the Oregon area. We happen to have some engineering background. We also happen to have had our interest sparked in fugitive methane problems starting about a year ago.
We have been quite amazed by how big a problem this has been, and are anxious to see the problem fixed.
While we are waiting to figure out what comments to submit to whom, we are preparing our thoughts. The following buttons will take you to some of them:
Two separate PGE/Carty processes in motion:
Based on the IRP submitted to the PUC in November 2016, PGE is headed through the rest of the process believing their intent to build Natural-Gas fired plants at Carty, OR is what will get blessed, and happen. The most significant blessing would be PUC's blessing, as it can support their decision to choose the one of four IRP plan proposals that proposes the big new investment in Natural Gas Generators. Theoretically, the Siting just says they will put one of the 4 plans on the Carty site. We are being safe by saying we don't want that project choice built at Carty.
PGE IRP review with PUC
We have now become interveners in this process. We are late comers, and our input will be dealt with later.
Siting permission
This was where we got introduced to the PGE/Carty plans and first submitted comments. The process was suspended and resumed, and we submitted more comments, both in person at an EFSC hearinig, and another written comment:
Our original hot button had us preparing comments for site operating certificate update for the Carty natural gas plant expansion projects, where the Carty Unit 1 project was for Boardman Coal replacement. We have a series of thoughts about how Oregon should be thinking about fugitive methane in general – and how that framework should be applied to decisions involving Carty investments. Our thoughts were presented in these comments:
Comment 1 of 4 as PDF Comment 2 of 4 as PDF Comment 3 of 4 as PDF Comment 4 of 4 as PDF
The following is the website that seems to describe current state of the project: https://www.oregon.gov/energy/facilities-safety/facilities/Pages/CGS.aspx
