Estimated Cost of Southern California Gas Leak Reaches $717M
Southern California Gas Co. reported that costs related to the massive leak of natural gas from its Aliso Canyon storage facility near Los Angeles have risen to $717 million.
The new estimate is contained in Thursday’s release of second-quarter earnings by San Diego-based parent Sempra Energy.
The previous estimate in May was $665 million.
The gas leak reported Oct. 23 at Aliso Canyon spewed an estimated 107,000 tons of methane over 16 weeks.
Scientists say it was the largest-known release of climate-changing methane in U.S. history.
Area residents met with Gov. Jerry Brown’s staff Wednesday in a campaign to permanently shut down the Aliso Canyon facility.
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