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SoCalGas pursues expanded pipe replacement and repair programme

near its pipeline system. The map can be viewed on the company’s website, by searching for “methane map”. Federal regulations consider a non- hazardous leak to be one that is far from an ignition source and away from a structure where the gas can accumulate to dangerous levels. All hazardous leaks are repaired immediately and do not appear on the map. With safety as a core priority, SoCalGas focuses ratepayers’ funds toward strategically replacing pipe as prioritised through engineering studies. By this infrastructure strategy, SoCalGas has succeeded in maintaining safety and reducing its rate of overall methane emissions.

and a ‘best estimate’ of gas loss due to leaks. “SoCalGas has a longstanding commitment to reducing methane emissions, and we are proud to have one of the lowest natural gas leak rates of any utility in the nation,” said Bret Lane, chief operating officer of SoCalGas. “We are working to make our system even safer, tighter and part of the solution to improving the environment.” Over the past year, SoCalGas has been working with major universities, regulatory agencies and environmental organisations to refine its approach in methane detection technology and to raise public awareness of its efforts to reduce methane emissions. As part of this effort, the company has published an interactive map that allows the public to view methane indications and non-hazardous gas leaks located

Southern California Gas Co (SoCalGas) is seeking to accelerate its pipeline replacement and leak repair programme, and has submitted a funding request with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). If approved, it would enable SoCalGas to repair all currently identified, pending non- hazardous leaks on the SoCalGas system by the end of 2018 or earlier. The company is also filing a report with the CPUC that outlines the utility’s leak- management practices in compliance with Senate Bill (SB) 1371. The new California law seeks to reduce methane emissions from natural gas transmission, distribution and storage systems. It also requires utilities to report information about leak-management practices, new leaks, leaks being monitored, leaks scheduled for repair

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