Advocates working to transition the city-owned Philadelphia Gas Works away from fossil fuels and toward renewables say the utility is trying to make its budgetary process less transparent. The issue came up Friday at a City Council hearing, which was aimed at discussing how the utility could reduce its carbon footprint as outlined in PGW’s Business Diversification Study.Testifying at a hearing of the Joint Finance and Transportation and Public Utilities Committee, Reverend Dwayne Royster of POWER Interfaith urged PGW to pursue networked geothermal as an alternative to providing natural gas as a heating source for customers. The technology taps water run through pipes deep underground where the temperature is a steady 55 degrees Fahrenheit, and employs…
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