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Contractor: Pacific Gas & Electric |
AQMD Cost-share: |
$ 200,000 |
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Cosponsors: |
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PG&E: |
2,500,0000 |
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Southern California
Gas Co.: |
2,150,000 |
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Calif. Energy Commission: |
600,000 |
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New York Electric and Gas Co: |
350,000 |
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Term:
to |
Total Cost: |
$ 5,800,000 |
Implementation of the AQMD Clean
Fleet Vehicle Rules has increased the demand and need for
liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel in the Basin. The supply of
LNG in California is dependent upon LNG production
facilities in Arizona, Wyoming and Texas. Associated with
this existing supply of LNG is the accompanying
transportation cost of the LNG. While there are current
plans to build and develop several large stationary
liquefaction plants in Southern California utilizing natural
gas from existing pipelines, recent advances in liquefaction
technologies suggest that a small-scale liquefaction plant
could be built such that it could be made mobile to take
advantage of natural gas from stranded wells and possibly
landfills. Development of such a technology would provide
the Basin additional source of LNG fuel and reduce the
region’s dependence on pipeline fed natural gas for purpose
of LNG liquefaction and the transport of LNG from out of
state.
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