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Southern California Gas Company controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2022

    California commission fines SoCalGas nearly $10 million

    Fine or penalty

    The California Public Utilities Commission fined SoCalGas close to $10 million for repeated violations of an order prohibiting it from using customer money to engage in building and appliance efficiency standards. The article says the commission found that SoCalGas continued efforts to weaken efficiency standards after being ordered to stop.

    Source excerpt

    • The Public Utilities Commission fined SoCalGas close to $10 million for repeated violations of a Commission order prohibiting it from using customer money to engage in building and appliance efficiency standards and found that its “insolence must be accorded a high degree of severity.”
    • SoCalGas’ efforts included attempts to weaken California’s landmark 2022 building code that moved the state towards all-electric new construction, and to dispute overwhelming evidence of the health harms of gas stoves.
    • The penalties that Southern California Gas Company faces were issued Thursday by the California Public Utilities Commission.
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  2. 2022

    SoCalGas settles Prop. 65 lawsuit

    Settlement

    Southern California Gas Co. settled a lawsuit filed by the Center for Environmental Health alleging violations of California's Proposition 65. Under the settlement, the utility must monitor for benzene at its Aliso Canyon facility, provide alerts to nearby residents in the event of another leak, and make a $1.55 million payment.

    Company response

    • Remediation — Southern California Gas Co.

      As part of the settlement, the utility company must monitor for benzene at its Aliso Canyon facility in the San Fernando Valley and provide text-message and email alerts for all residents in the surrounding area in the event of another leak.

    Source excerpt

    • Southern California Gas Co. settled a lawsuit this week filed by the Center for Environmental Health stemming from the 2015 Aliso Canyon facility gas leak, the largest natural gas leak in U.S. history.
    • The leak began in Oct. 2015 and lasted for more than 110 days, releasing 109,000 metric tons of methane and other chemicals, including benzene.
    • The suit alleged that SoCalGas had violated California's Proposition 65, which requires businesses to provide warnings about possible exposures to toxic chemicals.
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