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On December 6, members of the APGA Board of Directors and the Regulatory Subcommittee met with members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in Washington, D.C. The APGA representatives that participated in the meeting included: Jim Hodges, APGA’s Chairman, and Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer for Middle Tennessee Natural Gas Utility District; Rich Worsinger, APGA’s Past Chairman and Director of Utilities for the City of Rocky Mount, N.C.; Owen Reeves, APGA’s Second Vice-Chair and Gas System Director for the City of Henderson, Ky.; Greg Stunder, Vice-Chair of the APGA Regulatory Subcommittee and Vice President of Regulatory & Legislative Affairs for Philadelphia Gas Works; John Gregg, APGA’s incoming General Counsel and Partner at McCarter & English; Bert Kalisch, APGA’s President & CEO; and, Dave Schryver, APGA’s Executive Vice President.

The issues that were raised in the meeting included: natural gas price indices; an appeal of a 2016 FERC order on rehearing findings that a municipality—the city of Clarksville, Tenn.,—was subject to FERC jurisdiction when it made a sale of gas and transported gas inside its distribution system, and that gas ultimately was consumed in Kentucky by the City of Guthrie municipal system pipeline; and, pipeline construction and the potential for stranded costs.

APGA leadership meets with the FERC Commissioners twice a year as a means to communicate information and positions on federal regulatory matters of concern to public natural gas systems. These meetings play a critical role in APGA’s advocacy efforts as they have allowed APGA to develop and maintain a relationship with the commissioners. APGA previously met with the commissioners in April. For questions on this article or on APGA’s regulatory advocacy efforts, please contact Dave Schryver of APGA staff by phone at 202-464-2742 or by email at dschryver@apga.org.