Summit Utilities, Inc. Methane Challenge Partner Profile
Methane Challenge Partner (2016 - 2024)
Summit Utilities, Inc. has committed to apply best management practices (BMPs) across its operations to mitigate methane emissions from the emission source listed below.
Learn more about Summit Utilities, Inc.'s progress towards meeting its commitments to implement methane-reducing technologies and practices related to this emission source:
- Transmission Pipeline Blowdowns between Compressor Stations (Transmission and Storage)
- Excavation Damages (Distribution)
Methane Challenge Data: Data submitted by Summit Utilities, Inc. can be found in the Methane Challenge BMP Dataset at the bottom of this page.
Methane Challenge Documents: Summit Utilities, Inc. submitted the following document as part of its Methane Challenge partnership:
Transmission and Storage
Transmission Pipeline Blowdowns between Compressor Stations
Summit Utilities, Inc. did not have any transmission pipeline blowdowns from 2017-2022.
Distribution
Excavation Damages
Summit Utilities, Inc. made a second Excavation Damages commitment to begin after its first commitment ends in 2019. The graph below will show Summit Utilities, Inc.'s progress towards both commitments.
| Year | Reporting Rate (%) | Commitment 1 Target Rate and Year | Commitment 2 Target Rate and Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 100 | -1 | -1 |
| 2018 | 100 | -1 | -1 |
| 2019 | 86.67 | 100 | -1 |
| 2020 | 95.56 | -1 | -1 |
| 2021 | 93.33 | -1 | -1 |
| 2022 | 97.78 | -1 | 100 |
| Commitment Details | Company Selection |
|---|---|
| Segment: | Distribution |
| Target Year: | 2022* |
| Target Reporting Rate: | 100% |
| Current Reporting Rate: | 97.78% |
Graph shows: The blue bars show Summit Utilities, Inc.'s annual progress towards reporting on all Excavation Damages data elements. The black star indicates the 2019 target annual reporting rate (100%) for Summit Utilities, Inc.'s first excavation damages commitment. Summit Utilities, Inc. extended the company’s annual commitment through 2023. However, because EPA ended the Methane Challenge Partnership and will no longer collect data for 2023 or future years, the green star is used to represent the target annual reporting rate (100%) on 2022, the final reporting year.
Methane Reductions
The Methane Challenge program currently does not request quantification of emissions/reductions from Excavation Damages due to lack of a quantification methodology that would result in consistent, comparable calculations. EPA will evaluate adding quantification to this source in the future should an acceptable methodology become available.
Methane Challenge Program – BMP Dataset
The Methane Challenge dataset for the BMP Commitment Option can be downloaded below.
Please refer to the Methane Challenge BMP Data Dictionary for assistance in using the BMP data download spreadsheet.
Methane Challenge Accomplishments Calculation Methods
This document describes how EPA analyzes Partner-submitted data to calculate Methane Challenge program ‘accomplishments’; specifically, the partner commitment progress metrics shown on each Partner Profile webpage as well as Methane Challenge program-level methane reductions.
Methane Challenge Accomplishments Calculation Methods (pdf)
This document does not describe how Methane Challenge Partners calculate the data they report to EPA. Those calculation methods are detailed in the Methane Challenge Technical Documents.
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About the Methane Challenge Program
The Methane Challenge Program provides a new mechanism through which U.S. oil and gas companies can make more specific and transparent commitments to reducing methane emissions. Partner companies choose between two commitment options to cost-effectively reduce methane emissions. For background information on the Methane Challenge program, please check out the Methane Challenge Program Fact Sheet (pdf) .
Best Management Practice (BMP) Commitment
The BMP Commitment is intended to spur near-term, widespread implementation of methane mitigation activities across the oil and natural gas value chain to address methane emissions from key emitting sources. By committing to address an emission source, the partner is committing to implement a BMP on all such sources in their operations. Progress towards a commitment is generally indicated by the percent of sources to which the partner has implemented a BMP as part of the Methane Challenge. Commitments for a few sources are instead based on achieving a target rate (of equipment replacement or methane emission reductions).
Learn more about the BMP Commitment in the
Methane Challenge Program Best Management Practice Commitment Framework (pdf)
.
ONE Future Emissions Intensity Commitment
The ONE Future Commitment is intended to drive action to achieve segment-specific intensity targets, established through the ONE Future Partnership, which will represent emissions per volume produced or volume of throughput and add up to a 1% or less “leakage rate” along the natural gas value chain by 2025.
Learn more about the ONE Future Emissions Intensity Commitment in the
Methane Challenge Program ONE Future Emissions Intensity Commitment Framework (pdf)
Learn more about the ONE Future Partnership