• Policy

        • European Union

        • 2025

        Hydrogen Mechanism (platform to support market development and for supply-demand connection)

        The H2 Mechanism aims to accelerate hydrogen and derivative markets (including ammonia, methanol, and eSAFs) to support industrial and transport decarbonization. It targets infrastructure developers and financiers, offering a transparency and matchmaking platform—no funding is provided.

        It will run 3–4 rounds per year, with separate calls for supply and demand. Demand will be aggregated by location to help suppliers identify opportunities.

        The platform offers three services: connecting supply and demand, gathering interest in infrastructure and storage, and linking to financial support. Only European offtakers can register on the demand side, while all producers can join on the supply…

        • Policy

        • Croatia

        • 2022

        Energy package 1: Gas subsidy to all households using gas (from 23% to 5%)

        Mitigation of the rise in gas prices Reduce VAT on gas to 5%. The amount of support directly on the bill is 10 Lipa per kWh, which is about 20% of the projected price of EUR 66 per MWh, and the discount is shown on the bill as a separate item. The suppliers send the request for compensation for the discount to the Ministry of Economy, which settles it every month from April 2022 to March 2023. Support for entrepreneurs Support for SMEs with an average annual consumption of up to 10 GWh. The amount of support is 15 Lipa per…

        • Policy

        • Netherlands

        • 2000

        Gas Act

        …contains rules regarding the transport and supply of gas. It is under the authority of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MEA) while the Energy Chamber of the Authority for Consumers and Markets acts as supervisor. The network operator must ensure an effective quality assurance system, including processes and procedures that guarantee the quality, safety, and reliability of the gas transport network. If an incident occurs or has the potential to occur that negatively impacts people or the environment, the operator must report it to the Ministry of Economic Affairs as soon as possible (Article 8a). Network operators, gas storage companies…

        • Policy

        • Korea

        • 2026

        Special Ministerial TF on Livelihood Prices: Petroleum Price-Cap Measures

        This measure is a temporary energy-affordability intervention introduced in response to sharp increases in oil prices linked to Middle East instability. The government announced a petroleum price-cap framework under the Petroleum Business Act, using pre-crisis refinery supply prices as the base and adjusting them with international petroleum product prices and taxes. From 13 March 2026, the government applied a price ceiling to refinery supply prices, including a reported gasoline supply-price ceiling of KRW 1,724 per litre, while retail pump prices were not directly capped. The measure was accompanied by monitoring, enforcement against hoarding or sales…

        • Policy

        • United States

        • 2021

        (Colorado) House Bill 21-1238 Modernization of Gas Energy Efficiency Programs

        …the social cost of methane on the most recent assessment of the global social cost of methane developed by the U.S. federal government, using a discount rate of 2.5% or less as updated to reflect latest scientific consensus. The cost must be higher than $1,756 per short ton.Methane emissions are defined as natural gas leakage during the extraction, processing, transportation, and delivery of natural gas by the utility and leakage from piping and other equipment. The commission shall incorporate the social costs into calculating the cost, benefit, and net present value of any applied DSM program…

        • Policy

        • Italy

        • 2023

        International Working Group to Establish a Greenhouse Gas Supply Chain Emissions Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MMRV) Framework

        …will encourage and prefer measured data over modeled data and estimations, technology neutrality with respect to approaches for measurement of emissions and independent third-party verification from accredited and technically qualified certifiers. Ultimately, this these actions will improve the accuracy and representativeness of the reported data.The MMRV Working Group is set to work through 2024 and invites the input of global and local industry, environmental and technical stakeholders and the oil and natural gas industry to develop appropriate guidance, protocols and tools for voluntary use in natural gas markets. The Working Group may eventually expand to include other hydrocarbons.

        • Policy

        • Guatemala

        • 2021

        Temporary Social Support for Propane consumers Law- 2021/2022 Temporary propane subsidy

        In an effort to protect domestic consumers from the rise in international energy prices, the government of Guatemala enacted a temporary subsidy scheme for propane, from December 2021 to February 2022. Support amounted then to GTQ 8 for a 10 pound cylinder, GTQ 16 for 20 pounds, GTQ 20 for 25 pounds and GTQ 28 for 35 pounds.The scheme was extended and the subsidy increased in March 2022 and October 2022, until the end of November 2022. The most recent subsidy enacted is  GTQ 0.80/pound for 10, 20, 25 y 35 pound cylinders. 

        • Policy

        • United States

        • 2019

        (Colorado) Regulation No. 7: Control of ozone precursors and control of hydrocarbons via oil and gas emissions (as amended in February 2021)

        …Furthermore, monitoring programs and related reporting are compulsory, with Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) requirements outlined for petroleum refinery complexes. Below is a summary of the requirements outlined in Part D (Oil and Natural Gas Operations). Transmission and storage segment2020 marks the beginning of a performance-based program to reduce methane emissions from transmission and storage facilities (Part D, Sec. IV). By 31 Dec 2020, each owner/operator must develop a company-specific best management practice plan; by 1 Jan 2021, they must begin to implement the plan and collect emissions inventory data. A steering committee will set a segment…

        • Policy

        • Netherlands

        • 2019

        Gas Protection and Recovery Plan

        In the event of an emergency, market and non-market measures can be considered, from a call to reduce natural gas consumption to customers disconnections.

        • Policy

        • United States

        • 2024

        Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems

        …Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems (WEC) was created under the Inflation Reduction Act as part of the Methane Emissions Reduction Program. The Inflation Reduction Act called for the fee to be first assessed based on emissions in calendar year 2024, but the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) of 2025 postponed implementation such that the charge will be first assessed based on emissions in 2034. The WEC applies to applicable facilities that report more than 25,000 metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year to the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems source category …

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