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Advancing Technology for Efficient Affordable Safe and Sustainable Gas Enduse Utilization Technology Development NFP UTD is a notforprofit utilitydirected organization that conducts nearterm applied scientific research and development. UTD helps gas customers adopt technical innovations that save money and energy reduce GHG and other emissions further integrate renewable energy resources achieve superior environmental performance and enable safe reliable and resilient operation of their equipment and energy delivery systems. UTDs mission statement is to Identify select fund and oversee research projects resulting in innovative customer solutions which maximize the environmental performance affordability efficiency and safety of equipment and processes that use gas and renewable energy resources. Founded in 2004 UTDs commitment of millions of dollars in research and developmentin partnership with governmental agencies and laboratories technical organizations and leading universities institutes manufacturers entrepreneurs customers and othershas yielded many advanced technologies products solutions and key technical resources.