California Bills Would Ease Rules To Bolster Renewable Natural Gas Imports

Moderate Democrats in the California Legislature are advancing bills to bolster imports of renewable natural gas (RNG) from landfills and other sources by making it easier for certain supplies to help meet state procurement targets, providing new greenhouse gas-reduction credit, and allowing utilities to recover new costs through rate hikes. But the measures face opposition from more liberal Democrats in the legislature, environmentalists and utility ratepayer groups, who have argued that most RNG supplies -- especially those produced in other...