Methane Abatement Rulemaking Hearing – EIB 26-78 (R)

The Environmental Improvement Board will hear testimony, evidence, and public comment on NMED’s petition to adopt proposed rule 20.2.51 NMAC, Methane Abatement. The board may deliberate and act on the proposal at the hearing’s conclusion or meet later to consider action. The hearing is open to the public; technical testimony is given under oath or affirmation and is subject to cross-examination. Members of the public may also provide oral or written nontechnical comments. The proposed rule would establish a state methane super-emitter program modeled after the federal program. Certified third-party notifiers could submit reports of remotely detected events with quantified emissions of at least 50 kg/hr; NMED would review notifications and send them to owners or operators of sources within 50 meters, who would investigate, repair leaks, and report their findings. The rule also proposes zero-methane requirements for natural-gas-driven process controllers at designated oil and gas facilities, along with closed-vent-system and controller inspection requirements and annual reporting. The hearing will consider the proposed rule, petition, and statement of reasons.

The Environmental Improvement Board will hear testimony, evidence, and public comment on NMED’s petition to adopt proposed rule 20.2.51 NMAC, Methane Abatement. The board may deliberate and act on the proposal at the hearing’s conclusion or meet later to consider action. The hearing is open to the public; technical testimony is given under oath or affirmation and is subject to cross-examination. Members of the public may also provide oral or written nontechnical comments. The proposed rule would establish a state methane super-emitter program modeled after the federal program. Certified third-party notifiers could submit reports of remotely detected events with quantified emissions of at least 50 kg/hr; NMED would review notifications and send them to owners or operators of sources within 50 meters, who would investigate, repair leaks, and report their findings. The rule also proposes zero-methane requirements for natural-gas-driven process controllers at designated oil and gas facilities, along with closed-vent-system and controller inspection requirements and annual reporting. The hearing will consider the proposed rule, petition, and statement of reasons.

The docket includes applications concerning Bakken and Three Forks field rules, pool boundaries, spacing units, well authorizations, and pooling of interests. Other matters address commingling oil and gas production at central production facilities and applications to drill vertical or directional saltwater-disposal wells under NDAC Chapter 43-02-05. Cases 33335–33375 include applications from operators including 1776 Disposals, Cornerstone Natural Resources, Continental Resources, EOG Resources, Devon Energy, Hunt Oil, Phoenix Operating, KODA Resources, Formentera Operations, Heberdev Operating, and Argent Midstream Solutions.

The docket lists North Dakota Industrial Commission oil-and-gas applications concerning Bakken Pool spacing units, field-boundary amendments, and horizontal-well authorizations; pooling interests; commingling oil, gas, and vapor-recovery unit gas at central production facilities, including well-testing procedures; and authorizations for Dakota Group saltwater-disposal wells and a permit modification. Applications cite NDCC § 38-08-08 and NDAC §§ 43-02-03-88.1 and 43-02-03-48.1, as well as NDAC Chapter 43-02-05.

The Potomac Edison Company’s application seeks a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to rebuild the Messick Road-Ridgeley 138-kilovolt transmission line in Allegany County, Maryland. The proceeding is an en banc evidentiary hearing.

En banc legislative-style hearing in Case PC72 concerning large load customer regulations and tariffs interconnecting to the electric system serving Maryland.

The hearing concerns Idaho Power’s petition to evaluate its Class Cost-of-Service methodology, consider alternative Class Cost-of-Service studies, and determine cost-of-service considerations for new large-load customers. Parties may present proposals, witnesses, testimony, and exhibits, with questions following presentations and witness testimony. The public may listen to or watch the proceedings.

Industry leaders and commissioners discuss issues facing the electric, natural gas, water, and telecommunications industries. The program includes a CEO and Industry Leaders Panel on “The Future of the Industry” and a Commissioner Grill where conference participants submit questions to moderators.

The proceeding concerns large-load customer regulations and tariffs interconnecting to the electric system servicing Maryland.

Co-hosted by SPE FMTS and TÜV SÜD NEL, this technical forum focuses on defensible, traceable flow measurement for production, allocation, custody transfer, emissions reporting, regulatory compliance, commercial settlement, and emerging-energy applications. The program is being developed around six technical sessions, with moderated discussion and posters; final session groupings are to be set after abstracts are reviewed. Topics include field measurement challenges across changing operating conditions and brownfield or offshore installations; meter design, manufacturing controls, technology selection, and quality assurance; calibration, qualification, laboratory-to-field transferability, and uncertainty; deployment, diagnostics, data quality, and continuous assurance; single-phase measurement, custody transfer, and allocation; CCUS, hydrogen, methane, and emerging-energy measurement; and validation, governance, and decision-grade evidence. Specific issues include meter performance limits, sensor and meter-body design, traceability, reference quality, commissioning and configuration control, anomaly detection, fiscal measurement assurance, emissions evidence, uncertainty propagation, and criteria for recalibrating, repairing, or replacing meters.