How Washington, D.C., reaches 2050 carbon neutrality could depend on the cost of renewable natural gas — which electrification advocates say is likely to be expensive.
Washington Gas in 2020 filed a Climate Business Plan that called for using renewable natural gas and hydrogen to meet 2050 goals. But energy analysis nonprofit RMI told District regulators in filed comments that some studies estimate renewable natural gas will cost $7-$20/MMBtu by 2040 “in an optimistic scenario.”
