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Newsom Says Gas Storage Facility Will Ultimately Close Following Regulators’ Vote to Delay

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the commission ’set out a reasonable path' to protect residents and reduce reliance on the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Facility.
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Newsom Says Gas Storage Facility Will Ultimately Close Following Regulators’ Vote to Delay
SoCalGas crews and technical experts attempt to safely stop the flow of natural gas leaking from a storage well at the utility's Aliso Canyon facility near the Northridge section of Los Angeles on Nov. 3, 2015. Javier Mendoza/SoCalGas via AP
Kimberly Hayek
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has affirmed the need to decommission the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Facility, which caused thousands of families to evacuate their homes in 2015 because of the largest known methane leak in the country, after regulators voted on Dec. 19 to delay the closure.

“Aliso Canyon must be closed for good, but without harming working families with skyrocketing utility bills,” Newsom said of the underground gas storage facility located in the Santa Susana Mountains, about 28 miles north of Los Angeles.

Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.