Natural Gas Sector Climate Resilience: Request for Comments on a Forthcoming Solicitation

Energy Commission staff seeks input from stakeholders, including natural gas investor-owned utilities (IOUs), on goals and focus areas of the proposed research as well as mechanisms for engaging IOUs in a collaborative process. The presentation:
1. Describes potential research topics that may be funded by the Natural Gas Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) program in the area of fostering natural gas sector climate resilience.
2. Offers IOUs and other stakeholders the opportunity to weigh in, in a public forum, regarding research priorities as well as processes to facilitate production of actionable research.
3. Provides IOUs with the opportunity to state (at the webinar or through public comment submitted to the indicated docket) whether and how they would like to collaborate in the production of actionable research.

Solicitation