CALIFORNIA – While Orange Cove residents wait for the California Public Utilities Commission to make a decision on the future of the proposed hydrogen blending project in their city, the Southern California Gas Company has filed a request with the CPUC that may put an end to the project altogether.
SoCalGas, alongside San Diego Gas and Electric Company and Southwest Gas Corporation, announced on Feb. 4 that the three utilities submitted a petition to the CPUC on Feb. 3 that asks to modify the requirement for the utilities to conduct certain hydrogen blending demonstration projects.
The petition claims that research made available since the initial decision has already demonstrated that hydrogen blends below 5% are safe and the utilities should focus their projects on blends ranging from 5%-20%…