This post is part of our Volunteer Recognition series

The Gas Supply Task Force is a permanent advisory task force reporting to the NGA Board of Directors and is chaired by the Board’s Vice-Chair. The Task Force is responsible for:

• Monitoring regional gas system deliverability during the winter.
• Facilitating assistance to companies in need of gas supply, if necessary.
• Providing updates to state government agencies and Northeast electric grid operators.
• Coordinating public information on regional gas supply contingencies and conservation appeals during peak demand or supply curtailment.
• Gathering and distributing aggregated member company gas supply information for our Gas Supply Manual for confidential distribution to key stakeholders.

During the winter-heating months, the committee holds one regularly scheduled meeting a month. Additionally, the committee will convene at the request of any member at any time, whenever certain temperature thresholds are met (i.e. consecutive days below 20 degrees), or in case of a gas supply issue such as a force majeure.

The Task Force is made up of gas supply representatives from the northeast gas LDCs, interstate pipelines, LNG facilities, and LNG/CNG trucking companies. The Task Force also welcomes participation from representatives of natural gas production companies within the Appalachian Basin. The Task Force is an essential venue for regular and open communication amongst NGA member companies throughout the heating months.

The Task Force also oversees a Communications and Public Relations Sub-Committee which can be utilized in case of communications issues relevant to winter natural gas supply. This past winter, the Sub-Committee was convened for the first time in the past decade. As a result of the Sub-Committee's work, NGA published an op-ed which appeared in several Connecticut newspapers and the Providence Journal.

Recognize Committee Leadership and Members:

NGA would like to thank the committee members whose efforts support NGA and the northeast natural gas industry. Thank you to the following:

• Chair, Caroline Hon, Vice President of New England Regulation and Pricing, National Grid
• Alan Arneill, Repsol Energy North America
• Alexis Foster, Rhode Island Energy
• Andrea McNeil, VGS (Vermont Gas Systems)
• Ann C. Hartigan, UNITIL Corporation
• Art Ogden, L.P. Transportation, Inc.
• Boris Brevnov, Liberty Energy Services
• Brendan Burke, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation
• Brian Cargill, Williams
• Brian Roy, Holyoke Gas & Electric Department
• Brian Spencer, National Grid
• Carolina Mendoza, South Jersey Gas Company
• Chau Johnson, TC Energy
• Chris Mullen, Eversource
• Christopher Cej, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation
• Christopher Connolly, National Grid
• Christopher Stutz, Iroquois Pipeline Operating Company
• Claudia Ashton, NG Advantage LLC
• Dan Weaver, Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association
• Dave Walker, VGS (Vermont Gas Systems)
• Deborah Gilbertson, Liberty Utilities Co.
• Dino Papetti, National Grid
• Dodson Skipworth, TC Energy
• Donald Houser, BHE GT&S
• Dorothy Babineau, Transgas Inc.
• Eric Soderman, Eversource
• Francis Wells, Unitil Gas & Electric Light Company
• Frank Cuomo, Consolidated Edison Co. Of NY
• Gary Ritter, Excelerate Energy LP
• Glen Jasek, Williams
• Greg Morse, VGS (Vermont Gas Systems)
• Gregory Chu, Consolidated Edison Co. of NY, Inc.
• Gregory E Patronik, Constellation Generation
• Gretchen Fuhr, Constellation Generation
• Howard Kosel, Consolidated Edison Co. of NY, Inc.
• Jake Hruby, National Grid
• James P. Davis, Eversource
• Jayana Shah, New Jersey Natural Gas Company
• JD Martin, Summit Natural Gas of Maine
• Jeffrey M May, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp.
• Jeffrey W Miller, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation
• Jesse Tyahla, UGI Utilities, Inc
• Jim McCord, Kinder Morgan
• Jim Stephens, Rhode Island Energy
• John Anderson, Repsol Energy North America
• John DeSantis, Liberty Utilities Massachusetts
• John P. Rudiak, Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation
• Jonathan Drouin, VGS (Vermont Gas Systems)
• Jonathan Lauck, Exelon Generation, Everett LNG
• Jonathan W. Carroll, Énergir
• Jordan Kirwin, Repsol Energy North America
• Joseph Dallvechia, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp.
• Kathy Ferreira, New Jersey Natural Gas Company
• Ken Jesse, New York State Electric & Gas Corporation
• Ken Stone, Middleborough Gas & Electric Dept.
• Kenneth Fulton, Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc.
• Kim Dao, Rhode Island Energy
• Krystal Lanier, Summit Natural Gas of Maine
• Laura Hill, Eversource
• Layne Sanders, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
• Leonard Willey, South Jersey Gas Company
• Libby Barstow, Rhode Island Energy
• Lisa Argast, National Grid
• Lisa Petko, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation
• Louis James, UGI Energy Services, Inc.
• Louis Rocco, Public Service Electric & Gas Company
• Mackenzie O'Rourke, Rhode Island Energy
• Marie Husted, Corning Natural Gas Corporation
• Mark Bering, Millennium Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
• Mark Pranaitis, Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation
• Mark Preisner, Millennium Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
• Megan Borst, National Grid
• Michael J. Dirrane, Enbridge
• Mike Ripley, Eversource
• Mike Salassa, Chesapeake Utilities Corporation
• Mohamed Eldesouky, Iroquois Pipeline Operating Company
• Nick Pasquarella, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation
• Nick Timer, Philadelphia Gas Works
• Norris Wright, Constellation Generation
• Paul J. Ruggerio, South Jersey Gas Company
• Peter McKenna, Public Service Electric & Gas Company
• Raymond Wenzel, South Jersey Gas Company
• Richard Delaney, National Grid
• Richard Truxell, Williams Gas Pipeline/TRANSCO
• Robert K. Moore, National Grid
• Robert N. Hansen, Enbridge
• Russell Wood, NiSource Inc.
• Ryan Reeves, Philadelphia Gas Works
• Samantha Keach, UNITIL Corporation
• Sean P. Foley, Spectra Energy Corp.
• Thomas F. Smith, National Grid
• Timothy Gillen, Constellation Generation
• Timothy Mehan, Transgas Inc.
• Todd Eldred, L.P. Transportation, Inc.
• Tom Lockett, PNGTS Operating Company, LLC
• William Ross, Dominion Transmission