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Keynote Speaker: Nick Stavropoulos President & COO, Retired PG&E // PGC Spring 2024
In his groundbreaking keynote speech Nick Stavropoulos, President & COO, Retired PG&
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Panel 1: Emissions Inventories – Path to Net Zero // PGC Spring 2024
Leak quantification unlocks the potential to implement methane abatement programs to reduce emissions and meet emiss
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Panel 2: Client Success Stories // PGC Spring 2024
Last year this was our hottest breakout session so we’ve decided to make it prime time!
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Fireside Chat // 2024 Spring PGCC
In the conversation, we sit down with Paolo Gallo, CEO of Italgas and Alex Balkanski, President and CEO of Picarro to discuss their journey towards dig
Summit Utilities Testimonial // Britney Strout
In this video, Britney Strout with Summit Utilities discusses Picarro's impact on the leak survey industry. It’s praised not only for meeting compliance needs but also as a valuable tool for emergency and preventative situations (00:00:03-00:00:21). Picarro’s technology enables faster response times, leading to cost and time savings while ensuring system reliability and safety (00:01:29-00:02:26). Ms. Strout also notes that Picarro can be quickly deployed to detect leaks on both the customer’s and the company’s side (00:02:53-00:03:24).
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Case Study: The Challenges of Tomorrow Already Addressed Today, Netze BW
In 2023, Netze BW started operating the Picarro system for vehicle-based detection and measurement of methane emissions from the natural gas distribution network. This not only prepares Netze BW for the upcoming requirements of the new EU Methane Regulation, but also enables them to increase their own system safety and further reduce methane emissions. Netze BW is also underlining its responsibility as a distribution system operator regarding reducing climate-relevant emissions.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Testimonial // Nick Stravropoulos, Former Executive VP Gas Operations
Retired President & COO of PG&E, Nick Stavropoulos, shares his goals for partnering with Picarro in order to boost efficiency. 
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GRIDTech Highlights: Italgas Reti Testimonial // Pier Lorenzo Dell'Orco Talks Odor Call Reduction
At the 2023 GRIDTech Conference, Picarro received a notable endorsement from none other than Pier Lorenzo Dell'Orco, CEO of Italgas Reti."We have reduced dramatically the number of odor calls, which in my view... is the most reliable KPI because it's completely guided by people and not by the company itself. We have reduced our [odor] calls by about 40% compared to the baseline of 2018. So it has been a really successful story." - Pier Lorenzo Dell'Orco, CEO of Italgas Reti