2009, 2019

CPUC/DOGGR: Update on the SoCal Gas Pipeline Work

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Capacity on the SoCal Gas lines is expected to drop for the foreseeable future. This week SoCal Gas is expected to start working on Line 4000 which extends from East of Barstow to Cajon. The company plans for the line to be out of commission for two months as it makes repairs. Based on the time it is taking to make other repairs, it looks like it may take longer than scheduled. SoCal Gas has pushed back the estimated return-to-service date for Line 235-2 yet again. The line which runs approximately 50 miles between Victorville to east of Barstow, ruptured [...]

2607, 2019

Newsom Tours Chevron Spill, Legislature May Seek Fracking Moratorium

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Governor Newsom said this week (7/24) that he is encouraged by Chevron’s efforts to clean up what has turned into the state’s largest oil spill in decades. About 970,000 gallons have leaked from the ground at an oilfield west of Bakersfield over the last couple of months; about one-third of it is oil and the other two-thirds water. “I’m seeing progress,” Newsom said on a visit to the site, where the oil and water are contained in a dry desert creek bed. The leaks are known as surface expressions, which can be caused by injecting steam into the ground. Chevron [...]

2607, 2019

CPUC/DOGGR: Commission Changes Withdrawal Rules for Aliso Canyon

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The CPUC this week approved a new withdrawal protocol for SoCal Gas’ Aliso Canyon storage facility. SoCal Gas can now withdraw natural gas from Aliso Canyon as long as it is for improving energy reliability and minimizing price volatility. This is a change from the prior protocol that allowed SoCal Gas’ Aliso Canyon to only be used as an “asset of last resort.”

2106, 2019

DOGGR/CPUC: SoCal Gas Pipeline Woes Continue

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This week, SoCal Gas announced that it would take longer to reopen one of its gas lines. Line 235-2, which runs approximately 50 miles between Victorville to east of Barstow, ruptured on October 1, 2017 and has been closed ever since. The pipeline is a 1957 vintage and appeared close to reopening. However, additional leaks were found recently, delaying the reopening of the gas line to late July at the earliest. This is not the only gas line facing problems. Two other gas lines, Line 3000 and Line 4000, have had reduced capacity for over a year now. SoCal Gas [...]

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