LONDON ¨C Long before a natural gas storage well sprung a disastrous leak near Los Angeles, utilities and national industry groups were raising alarms about the danger of aging underground storage infrastructure.
The leaking well¡¯s owner, Southern California Gas Co. warned state utility regulators in 2014 of ¡°major failures¡± without a rate hike to pay for comprehensive inspections of 229 storage wells.
Twenty-six of its wells were ¡°high risk¡± and should be abandoned ¡ª even though they complied with state regulations, the utility wrote in a rate filing.
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