Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that they will be providing $33 million in funding to update 10 natural gas projects under the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Rapid Encapsulation of Pipelines Avoiding Intensive Replacement (REPAIR) program. Teams working in the REPAIR program will develop natural gas transmission pipeline retrofitting technology to enhance […]

The U.S. Senate last week passed its amended federal pipeline safety legislation, S.2299, which will reauthorize the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) for four years. The bill had been stalled after Senate Democrats requested stronger methane provisions, which was ultimately remedied with New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall’s amendment, which will require natural gas […]

Tom Giovanetti, president of the Institute for Policy Innovation, penned an opinion piece in The Dallas Morning News this week highlighting that rather than funneling trillions into public infrastructure projects, the federal government should streamline the regulatory process and create an environment that encourages private investment in infrastructure like pipelines, railroads, communications networks, and other […]