Where this committee focuses
Your LNG, propane-air and storage assets carry the system on the coldest days, and the rules that govern them are changing.
The Peak Shaving Committee is a unified platform for operators, regulators and solution providers responsible for LNG, propane-air (LPG-air) and high-deliverability underground storage facilities. These are the assets that keep customers served on the coldest days and during supply disruptions. The committee aims to improve members’ understanding, operational excellence and regulatory preparedness for peak-shaving operations.
Who you’ll work alongside
- Peak-shaving plant managers and operators (LNG, propane-air, high-deliverability storage)
- Facility and process engineers
- Regulatory compliance professionals (PHMSA Part 193, NFPA 59 and 59A)
- Gas supply and commercial leads planning peak-day supply
- Emergency planners and mutual-aid coordinators
- Associate members with technical and regulatory expertise
What you take back to work
- For you. A dedicated home for a small specialty that members felt was being diluted within broader LNG discussions.
- For your company. Early, coordinated preparation for changes to LNG facility regulations, plus shared winter-reliability and emergency-planning lessons.
Peak-shaving assets are increasingly discussed as part of energy-security strategy as well as seasonal resources. With PHMSA rulemaking pending, the committee gives member companies a coordinated operator voice and a channel for hard-won winter and emergency lessons.
What members worked through in 2026
- Regulatory readiness: Part 193 and NFPA. PHMSA’s Part 193 advance notice of proposed rulemaking and NFPA 59/59A developments were the most frequently revisited issues.
- Winter reliability and resilience. Reliability was the most frequently discussed operational issue.
- Emergency preparedness and operating practice. Members contributed to an ICS/NIMS-aligned mutual aid roundtable held with SGA’s Spring Gas Conference and contributed peak-shaving, LNG and storage expertise to SGA’s Mutual Aid Best Practices Manual and Mutual Aid 101.
- Turning discussion into shared output. The taskforce built an eight-session Operations Conference track spanning operational learnings, liquefaction with feed gas high in ethane and nitrogen, gas supply planning, virtual pipelines (jointly with the LNG Focus & Opportunity Taskforce), reliability through LNG and a two-part Part 193 update, and proposed a benchmarking survey on operations and maintenance and long-range capital reinvestment for peak-shaving facilities.
What came out of it: A PHMSA Part 193 rulemaking technical review, in development with NGA, with analysis available to AGA and INGAA for possible comment filings.
Where the work goes in 2027
Continued regulatory readiness work on Part 193, a mutual aid roundtable and continued work on winter reliability and facility modernization.
