• Policy

        • Lithuania

        • 2022

        Updated legislation easing fuel switching for heat supply companies

        In order to moderate the impacts of the global energy crisis on domestic consumers, the Lithuanian government eased national legislation to enable centralized heat supply companies to replace gas with less expensive alternatives like fuel oil and diesel for the 2022/2023 heating season.

        • Policy

        • Canada

        • 2018

        (Alberta) AER Directive 017: Measurement Requirements for Oil and Gas Operations

        This directive consolidates, clarifies, and updates Alberta requirements for measurement points used for accounting and reporting purposes, for both upstream petroleum facilities and some downstream pipeline operations. In December 2018, the directive was updated to track changes in Directive 060 on methane flaring and venting. This directive specifies:  -what and how volumes must be measured;-what, where, and how volumes may be estimated;-if accounting procedures must be performed on the determined volumes and what they are;-what data must be kept for audit purposes; and-what must be reported to the Alberta Energy Regulator. 2018 updates to the…

        • Programme

        Transport Project Partnership

        …technology and modelling methodologies. The Partnership enables the exchange of ideas and information, allowing the IEA to strengthen its knowledge base for its analysis and research.
        The origin of the IEA’s transport modelling and the Partnership that supports it can be traced back to the Sustainable Mobility Project (SMP) and the Mobility 2030 report of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Established in 2000 to consider how global mobility patterns might evolve in the period to 2030 and beyond, the SMP concentrated on mobility issues related to road transportation.
        IEA's Transport Project Partners currently include senior…

        • Policy

        • Netherlands

        • 2025

        Hydrogen transmission tariffs

        The Dutch energy regulator, ACM, published a market report in May 2025 with an assessment of the hydrogen transmission tariffs. From 2033 at the latest, ACM will set tariffs based on actual incurred costs. Before that period, some of the options to deal with the low utilisation from early stages are to use an intertemporal cost allocation (i.e. spreading the cost recovery for the network over time), direct government subsidies to the network operators and indirect government support through, for example, loan guarantees

        • Policy

        • Colombia

        • 2022

        Regulation to reduce methane emissions in the hydrocarbon sector

        …requirements for natural gas consumption, and seeks to reduce the waste of natural gas to reduce GHG emissions. The Colombian mining and energy sector has set the goal of reducing its emissions by 11.2 million tons of CO2 equivalent by 2030, and with the signing of this Resolution it seeks to contribute to this goal with approximately 2.7 million tons of CO2 equivalent.For the implementation of this resolution, the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) is entitled to publish by August 2022 the rules for the delivery and reporting by the companies of the Natural Gas Leak Detection and…

        • Policy

        • Peru

        • 2022

        Temporary inclusion of transport fuels into the Peruvian Fuel Price Stabilization Fund

        In an effort to stabilise domestic retail prices in the context of the global energy crisis, the Peruvian government decided in April 2022 to temporarily include a number of transport fuels (84 and 90 gasoline, 84 gasohol, Diesel 2 and LPG) in the Fuel Price Stabilization Fund to reduce the increase of prices. The inclusion, initially decided until the end of June, as later extended until the end of the year, and was followed by a recapitalisation of the fund in October 2022.

        • Policy

        • Croatia

        • 2023

        Energy Package 4

        …energy prices and inflation. The package extends the cap on electricity prices until September 2023  - for households at 59 euro/MWh for consumption under 2500 KWh and at 88 euro/MWh for consumption above that, and for non-profit organisations and SMEs at 62 euro/MWh. Gas prices are discounted by 13.3 euro/MWh for households and by 0.0199 euros/kWh for entrepreneurs until April 2024. Diesel fuel subsidies are extended until 31 March 2024 at EUR 0.16 per litre. The package also includes EUR 64 million in one-time benefits for pensioners, EUR 9 million for…

        • Policy

        • Belgium

        • 2022

        VAT rate reduction on electricity (21% to 6%) for households [Second extension for electricity / first extension for gas]

        VAT rate reduction (21%, from 6%) extensions for Q4 2022;1. For electricity from 1st October 2022-31st December 2022.2. For gas from 1st October 2022-31st December 2022.

        • Policy

        • Bulgaria

        • 2022

        Emergency plan to safeguard the security of natural gas supply

        Bulgaria’s emergency plan for natural gas supply includes demand-side measures such as restricting gas consumption, urging voluntary reductions, and securing alternative fuel stocks. Consumers must adhere to contracted supply limits set by providers.

        • Policy

        • United States

        • 2018

        (California) Onshore Well Regulations: Underground Gas Storage

        …modify, and maintain gas storage wells” to ensure integrity (1726.5), and conduct mechanical integrity testing on every gas storage well (or other unplugged well that reaches the reservoir): annual temperature and noise logs; biannual casing wall thickness inspections; and pressure testing as required under the Risk Management Plan (1726.6). Methane monitoring requires that the UGS operator:• Measure well pressure and record at least once a day; • Conduct real-time data gathering (i.e., sensors and alarms);• Notify the regulator if there is an unintended gas release “of any size” (1726.7; 1726.9 specifies report content); and• Follow…

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