EPA Finds New Utility Equipment Leaking Potent Greenhouse Gas

A recent EPA study shows new high-voltage electrical equipment installed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is leaking an extremely powerful GHG at higher-than-anticipated rates, suggesting the agency will have to take new action under a voluntary partnership with utilities and equipment makers to curb the unexpected emissions. The findings present a new challenge for an EPA partnership with the utility industry geared toward reducing emissions of the gas, sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), through strategies that include upgrading older leaking equipment...