Natural gas marketer enhances Greener
Life® program to include certified low emissions gas at
no additional cost to customers
ATLANTA, Aug. 19,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Natural Gas®
announced today that its Greener Life® program, which
helps customers make their natural gas usage carbon neutral, has
reached a new milestone of 500 million pounds of carbon emissions
offset from the atmosphere. That amount is equivalent to taking
over 50,000 cars off the road for a year. In celebration of this
milestone, Georgia Natural Gas has enhanced Greener Life to give
customers the benefits of certified low emissions gas at no
additional cost.
Certified low emissions gas is sourced from companies using
industry best practices to lower methane emissions and
environmental impact. Georgia Natural Gas has partnered with MiQ, a
leading not-for-profit certifier of natural gas whose methane
standard has been adopted by some of the world's biggest natural
gas producers. MiQ-certified producers are audited by accredited,
independent third parties who confirm emissions are below specified
levels. Georgia Natural Gas assigns MiQ certificates derived from
its certified low emissions gas purchases to Greener Life
customers, who receive the benefits for the emissions reductions,
thereby reducing their emissions footprint.
"It's amazing to think about the impact our Greener Life
customers have made in just five short years," said Aimee Henderson, director of Mass Markets at
Georgia Natural Gas. "That's why we're thrilled to expand Greener
Life with a new, simple way for customers to reduce their emissions
footprint even further."
Since Georgia Natural Gas launched Greener Life in 2019, more
than 30,000 Georgians have joined and made their natural gas usage
in their homes carbon neutral. By including the benefits of
certified low emissions gas, Greener Life customers now easily and
affordably receive the benefits of reducing methane where the gas
is produced, as well.
In addition to sourcing certified low emissions gas, Georgia
Natural Gas funds a variety of carbon offset projects in
the United States, including
forestation, landfill and HFC refrigerant reclamation. For more
information, please visit gng.com/greenerlife.
About Georgia Natural Gas
Georgia Natural Gas is part of SouthStar Energy Services.
SouthStar is owned by Southern Company Gas, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO). SouthStar also operates
as Ohio Natural Gas, Florida Natural Gas, Maryland Energy,
Pennsylvania Energy, Grand Rapids Energy (in Michigan) and in other parts of the Southeast
as SouthStar Energy Services. SouthStar's subsidiaries in
Illinois operate as Illinois
Energy and Illinois Energy Solutions.
About Southern Company Gas
Southern Company Gas is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Atlanta-based Southern Company
(NYSE:SO), America's premier energy company. Southern Company Gas
serves approximately 4.4 million natural gas utility customers
through its regulated distribution companies in four states and
more than 600,000 retail customers through its companies that
market natural gas. Other nonutility businesses include investments
in interstate pipelines, asset management for natural gas wholesale
customers and ownership and operation of natural gas storage
facilities. For more information, visit southerncompanygas.com.
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