Southern Company Gas 2022 Sustainability Executive Summary Final 4.19.23 - Flipbook - Page 13
cleaner future. Southern Company Gas created a
collaborative of natural gas utilities and combination
utilities in an anti-trust compliant forum to share best
practices and knowledge to advance the NextGenGas
marketplace. Since 2021, the coalition has convened
monthly for member companies to share current
experiences, market updates and best practices in the
NextGenGas marketplace. Coalition members have
developed a shared definition and vision for
NextGenGas and have shared progress with industry
organizations and other stakeholders.
Open Hydrogen Initiative: To improve transparency
and advance the development of a credible and
globally-traded hydrogen market, OHI will leverage the
knowledge base of its technical experts to develop
open-source protocols for measuring the carbon
intensity of hydrogen at the asset level.
Downstream Natural Gas Initiative: DSI is a group of
In 2022, we received the Southern Gas Association’s
ESG Award for our NextGenGas Coalition.
leading natural gas utilities collaborating to build a
shared vision for the role of utilities and the gas
The American Biogas Council: The American Biogas
distribution network in the transition to a low-carbon
Council is the voice of the U.S. biogas industry dedicated
future. DSI is focused on opportunities to leverage
to maximizing carbon reduction and economic growth
existing infrastructure to support near- and long-term
using biogas systems. The Council represents more than
environmental and economic goals. Through this
350 companies in all parts of the biogas supply chain
collaboration, Southern Company Gas is supporting the
that are leading the way to a better future by
advancement of a long-term vision and related strategies
maximizing all the positive environmental and economic
for natural gas utilities to reduce GHG emissions.
impacts biogas systems offer when they recycle organic
material into renewable energy and soil products.
Natural Gas Supply Collaborative: The NGSC is a
voluntary collaborative of natural gas purchasers that
The Renewable Thermal Collaborative: The RTC
are promoting safe and responsible practices for natural
serves as the leading coalition for organizations that are
gas supply.
committed to scaling up renewable heating and cooling
at their facilities and dramatically cutting carbon
The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas: The RNG
emissions. RTC members recognize the growing demand
Coalition serves as the public policy advocate and
and necessity for renewable heating and cooling and
education platform for RNG in North America. Through
the urgent need to meet this demand in a manner that
public policy and education, the RNG Coalition
delivers sustainable, cost-competitive options at scale.
advocates for sustainable development, deployment
and utilization of RNG so that present and future
See the Customer Solutions section to learn more about
generations will have access to domestic, renewable
our efforts to reduce our downstream emissions.
and clean fuel and energy.
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