The Clean Air Council has raised protests with the federal government over Amtrak's plans to pull 30th Street Station off the Center City steam loop and convert the facility to Philadelphia Gas Works natural gas system.
planned to install PGW-fueled gas boilers at Independence National Historical Park, abandoning service from Vicinity Energy’s district-heating system. PGW says the park service will save $750,000 a year in operating expenses. Minott said the park service has stymied its requests for documentation.
Vicinity and climate activists say that the city-owned utility’s aggressive efforts to expand its natural gas sales at the expense of the district heating system conflict withThey say Vicinity’s “steam loop” system, which distributes pressurized steam through underground pipes from a central power plant on Christian Street, is more efficient because it simultaneously generates electric power.
“Converting to natural gas is an economically and environmentally responsible way to lower energy costs and reduce the city’s carbon footprint,” PGW said in an emailed statement. “Arguments to the contrary are misleading and ignore scientific evidence by often advocating for solutions dependent on technology that is currently in development and inapplicable.”
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