MNDES Heating Fuel Strategies Save Money and Serve Customers Efficiently During the Unseasonably Cold Period January 2024
Natural gas serves as a primary fuel source for steam generation for the Metro Nashville District Energy System (MNDES). Commercial natural gas service is available under both interruptible and firm service agreements with firm service costing significantly more per unit of gas consumed. MNDES maintains an interruptible natural gas service agreement which means lower natural gas costs per unit. In periods of unusually high demand for natural gas energy, MNDES can be curtailed or limited on its consumption by the natural gas distributor in Nashville, and consumption above allotment volumes can be extremely expensive.
