value of methane gas leak repairs

Methane is the primary component of natural gas, a greenhouse gas with 34 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide. It has been estimated that more than one percent of methane in the U.S. supply chain escapes into the atmosphere, much of...

Since publishing her latest paper in January, Professor Catherine Hausman’s analysis of the financial incentives, or lack thereof, to plug methane leaks for utility companies has received immense attention for the potential impact on environmental...

Catherine Hausman’s NBER working paper, “Price regulation and environmental externalities: Evidence from methane leaks,” (with Lucija Muehlenbachs) looks at the unintended consequences of cost-of-service price regulations of privately-owned natural...