Largest gas leak in California's history may cause blackouts this summer
 

Largest gas leak in California's history may cause blackouts this summer
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Energy officials say a natural gas well blowout last year that crippled a major energy supply for Southern California could lead to blackouts this summer.

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The chairman of the California Energy Commission said Tuesday that the partial shutdown of the Aliso Canyon storage field near Los Angeles could lead to short-term power outages for up to 14 days.




The Southern California Gas Co. facility has **t fully operated since a massive leak was discovered in October.*The leak equalled*about 4.5 million cars' worth of pollution every day, forcing around 6,000 residents to relocate and prompting California's gover**r to declare a state of emergency. Read more...


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