American Gas Association releases 2018 Playbook

The American Gas Association (AGA) released Wednesday its 2018 American Gas Association (AGA) Playbook, which provides recent data and includes new digital features.

According to the report, natural gas utilities across the United States gain an average of one new customer every minute, spend $700 every second on safety measures for natural gas distribution and transmission systems, install two miles of pipeline every hour and invest $4 million in energy efficiency programs every day.

“America’s natural gas utilities seek energy policies that reflect reality,” Dave McCurdy, AGA’s president and CEO, said. “The AGA Playbook sets forth a common set of facts about our energy use and its implications. It chronicles the customer growth we are seeing as more Americans seek the comfort and affordability of natural gas and provides context for the necessary, fact-based conversations that are taking place throughout the nation about how we can expand our natural gas infrastructure to deliver these benefits to more customers that want them. It also provides valuable information about the exceptional work being done to enhance the safety and reliability of our nation’s 2.5 million miles of natural gas pipelines.”

The playbook includes a new digital feature called By The Numbers, which track activities by natural gas utilities in real time. It also features an interactive, multi-layer map that contains information on natural gas supply, infrastructure modernization programs and more.

“The AGA Playbook belongs on the desk of every policymaker and every industry leader that is looking to understand the decisions we must make as a nation to secure our energy future,” McCurdy said.