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August 9, 2018

Utility offers $120M for 2015 Los Angeles gas leak

  • The massive methane release forced thousands from their homes and lasted nearly four months.
    • By BRIAN MELLEY
    Associated Press

    LOS ANGELES — A nearly $120 million settlement has been reached in litigation stemming from a blowout at a Southern California storage field where a massive methane release forced thousands from their homes three years ago, a utility announced Wednesday.

    Southern California Gas Co. said the settlement delivers on its commitment to the state following the October 2015 well leak at Aliso Canyon in Los Angeles.


     
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