Joint Initiative of NARUC, U.S. DOE Will Facilitate the Development of State Planning Roadmaps for Enhanced Gas Infrastructure and Utility Decarbonization

HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) Commissioner Kathryn L. Zerfuss has been appointed to a newly formed Presidential Task Force on Evolving Gas Infrastructure Planning established by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and the United States Department of Energy (DOE).

Launched in July, the new national task force will assist state commissions in developing their own roadmaps related to gas distribution infrastructure planning and future technology investment options to achieve utility decarbonization in the coming decades.

“I am honored to be appointed and represent Pennsylvania on the Task Force on Evolving Gas Infrastructure Planning,” Commissioner Zerfuss said.  “State-level decarbonization goals present utility regulators and jurisdictional utilities with new and complex challenges – with many regulators lacking sufficient information to make gas investment decisions within current frameworks.

“This task force and the collaboration and cooperation it brings will provide”