Maine Utility Announces RNG Initiative
Energy, Federal Agency/Executive Branch, Feedstocks, Funding/Financing/Investing, grants, Maine, Manure, Methane/Biogas, Sustainability
June 6, 2019
(Summit Utilities Inc./Biomass Magazine) Summit Utilities Inc., the parent company of Summit Natural Gas of Maine Inc., announced May 23 a new renewable natural gas (RNG) program aimed at supporting the local economy and fighting climate change. The program outlines three steps the company is taking to build a sustainable energy future:
- Partnering with Maine’s dairy industry to develop home-grown renewable natural gas through the construction of an anaerobic digester in Maine’s dairy capital, Clinton.
- Matching 5 percent of its Maine residential gas demand for the next year by purchasing renewable gas attributes (similar to carbon credits) at no cost to ratepayers.
- Developing a voluntary option for Maine customers to fund the purchase of RNG attributes to help reduce their carbon footprint. READ MORE
Summit Natural Gas dairy biogas project receives $4.9m (Bioenergy Insight)