[californiadisasters] Lawmakers Push PG&E to Identify Spiked Gas Lines

Lawmakers push PG&E to identify spiked gas lines

Jaxon Van Derbeken, San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer

San Francisco Chronicle January 19, 2011 07:12 PM Copyright San Francisco Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

(01-19) 19:12 PST SAN BRUNO -- State lawmakers pressed Pacific Gas and Electric Co. on Wednesday to reveal which of its urban gas transmission lines had been subjected to intentional pressure spikes since 2003, a practice that experts fear could have weakened the pipes.

Assemblyman Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, said he met with a top official from the utility, Kent Kauss, and demanded that PG&E tell the public which lines the company had pushed to their legal limits.

The Chronicle reported Sunday that PG&E said it had temporarily increased pressures on 11 transmission lines since 2003, including the San Bruno pipeline that exploded Sept. 9, killing eight people and destroying 38 homes.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/01/19/BAED1HBJS1.DTL&ao=all#ixzz1BeKAWg1C

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