Letters to the Editor: Shut down the Aliso Canyon gas storage facility. You promised, Gov. Newsom
1 week, 4 days ago

Letters to the Editor: Shut down the Aliso Canyon gas storage facility. You promised, Gov. Newsom

LA Times  

To the editor: The Times’ statement that those fighting for closure of the Aliso Canyon gas storage field are “changing tactics” and no longer “focusing primarily on the facility’s closure” is a mischaracterization. Gavin Newsom’s longstanding promise to close Aliso Canyon, which leaked for 121 days in 2015 and 2016, sickening nearby residents. Furthermore, our objection to the California Public Utilities Commission plan for Aliso Canyon isn’t that it fails to offer a “clear enough” timeline for a shutdown, but that it does not establish any timeline. While the $71-million settlement will provide benefits for the community, the only full justice for residents of the San Fernando Valley will come from shutting the facility down.

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California regulators vote to delay closure of gas storage facility, site of worst US methane leak
3 days, 1 hour ago

California regulators vote to delay closure of gas storage facility, site of worst US methane leak

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — California regulators have approved a controversial proposal to delay the closure of the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Facility, the site of the nation’s largest known methane leak, which forced thousands of families from their Los Angeles homes in 2015. The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday voted 4-0, with one commissioner recused, to approve a judge’s proposed …

Aliso Canyon likely to stay open for years under closure plan; residents outraged
4 days, 19 hours ago

Aliso Canyon likely to stay open for years under closure plan; residents outraged

LA Times  

An aerial view of the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility in Porter Ranch. The commission-approved proposal calls for moving ahead with potentially closing Aliso Canyon once Southern California’s demand for natural gas declines to a point at which peak demand can be served without the site. “Reducing reliance on the facility has gone slower than I would like, but …

Opinion: Gov. Newsom, no more delays in shutting Aliso Canyon down
6 days, 19 hours ago

Opinion: Gov. Newsom, no more delays in shutting Aliso Canyon down

LA Times  

It was a cold, breezy October evening in 2015 when a foul odor swept through neighborhoods in the north San Fernando Valley. Jerry Brown directed the California Energy Commission to develop a plan to close Aliso Canyon permanently, and the commission planned to do so within a decade. Last month, the California Public Utilities Commission proposed to keep Aliso Canyon …

Column: Gavin Newsom’s failure to close Aliso Canyon is hurting us all
1 week, 4 days ago

Column: Gavin Newsom’s failure to close Aliso Canyon is hurting us all

LA Times  

Environmental activists and San Fernando Valley residents urge Gov. Linda Serizawa, who was tapped by Newsom to lead the utilities commission’s Public Advocates Office, said state officials have to be “very careful about setting unrealistic expectations” when it comes to closing Aliso. SoCalGas spokesperson Erica Berardi said in an email that the utility agrees with state officials that Aliso Canyon …

Plan to shutter Aliso Canyon gas facility isn’t moving fast enough for community activists
1 month ago

Plan to shutter Aliso Canyon gas facility isn’t moving fast enough for community activists

LA Times  

North San Fernando Valley residents unfurl a banner during a 2019 rally marking the fourth anniversary of the SoCalGas blowout in Porter Ranch. Here’s what you need to know to start your weekend: Aliso Canyon could shut down in the not-too-distant future Nearly 10 years ago, the Aliso Canyon gas storage leak in Porter Ranch pumped 100,000 tons of methane …

California regulators propose plan that could close Aliso Canyon. Or is it just ‘kicking the can’?
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1 month, 1 week ago

California regulators propose plan that could close Aliso Canyon. Or is it just ‘kicking the can’?

LA Times  

North San Fernando Valley residents hold a rally near the entrance of Southern California Gas Co.’s Aliso Canyon storage facility in Porter Ranch in October 2019. The California Public Utilities Commission this week unveiled a proposal that could potentially close the Aliso Canyon gas storage field in the coming years, but local activists and politicians say it doesn’t provide a …

Editorial: A billion-dollar settlement can’t erase the Aliso Canyon methane blowout
3 years, 2 months ago

Editorial: A billion-dollar settlement can’t erase the Aliso Canyon methane blowout

LA Times  

Protestors hold hands as they were arrested by LAPD for failure to disperse after residents staged a sit-in blocking the entrance to the SoCal Gas Company Aliso Canyon facility in Porter Ranch in 2017 to mark the two-year anniversary of the gas leak. With the announcement Monday that Southern California Gas and its parent company will pay up to $1.8 …

The next Aliso Canyon could happen on L.A.’s Westside
3 years, 8 months ago

The next Aliso Canyon could happen on L.A.’s Westside

LA Times  

A hub for Southern California Gas Co. infrastructure at the company’s storage facility in Playa del Rey, with the Ballona Wetlands in the background. Robert van de Hoek, president of the Ballona Institute, leads a tour near the Playa del Rey gas storage field, accompanied by Marcia Hanscom, the institute’s executive director, left. Pipelines rest against a bluff at SoCalGas’ …

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