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The CRA had argued the ordinance banning natural gas piping also effectively banned natural gas products, in violation of a nearly 50-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/622\">U.S. energy law\u003c/a> that, among many other things, authorizes federal officials to set national efficiency standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 9th Circuit sided with the CRA in finding that the federal law preempts Berkeley’s ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In sum, Berkeley can’t bypass preemption by banning natural gas piping within buildings rather than banning natural gas products themselves,” the panel wrote in its 3–0 ruling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Congress ensured that States and localities could not prevent consumers from using … products [covered under federal law] in their homes, kitchens, and businesses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The panel, composed of the court’s most conservative members, including two Trump appointees, rejected \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/Berkeley-s-ban-on-natural-gas-in-new-buildings-16302504.php\">a federal judge’s 2021\u003c/a> ruling upholding the ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s disappointing the Ninth Circuit held that Berkeley, like many other cities around the country, cannot take common sense measures to protect its constituents from climate change,” Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín said in a statement following Monday’s ruling. “Berkeley is evaluating the decision and its next steps.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley’s ordinance, which was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11761889/berkeley-becomes-first-city-in-california-to-ban-natural-gas-in-most-new-buildings\">unanimously approved\u003c/a> by the City Council in 2019 and went into effect the following year, bans the use of natural gas pipes in most new residential and commercial construction. The measure was hailed by environmentalists, who argue that scaling back the use of the planet-warming fossil fuels in buildings is essential to reaching greenhouse gas reduction goals to fight climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"related coverage ","tag":"gas-ban"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Since then, dozens of other cities in California, including San Francisco, San José and Los Angeles, have passed similar measures to prohibit gas lines in new construction projects. And both \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/bay-area-regulators-vote-end-sales-key-gas-home-17836615.php\">regional\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/california-will-ban-the-sale-of-natural-gas-17460877.php\">statewide\u003c/a> air regulators have recently issued rules phasing out the sale of new gas-powered furnaces and water heaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was not immediately clear how those various initiatives will be affected by Monday’s ruling. Berkeley is likely to ask the full 11-judge appeals court to review the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement on Monday, the CRA cheered the ruling, arguing that natural gas appliances are crucial for the state’s already struggling restaurant industry, and calling the city’s gas ordinance “an overreaching measure beyond the scope of any city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The panel’s decision sets an important precedent for future cases, especially with other cities and states considering restrictions on natural gas, and it prevents a patchwork of disparate regulations and protects consumer choice,” CRA attorney Courtland Reichman said in the statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a coalition of environmental groups contend \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11788199/environmentalists-say-natural-gas-industry-behind-restaurant-groups-challenge-to-berkeley-gas-ban\">the oil and gas industry is squarely behind\u003c/a> the group’s legal challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Natural Resources Defense Council and Earthjustice, among other organizations, claim the gas industry has partnered with the restaurant association and other trade groups in a surreptitious campaign to block such bans and discourage other cities from pursuing similar electrification efforts.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11946999/court-strikes-down-berkeleys-landmark-ban-on-natural-gas-in-new-construction","authors":["1263"],"categories":["news_19906","news_6188","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_4863","news_129","news_6252","news_30247","news_32647","news_19436","news_32648","news_20530","news_17907"],"featImg":"news_11938935","label":"news"},"news_11940489":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11940489","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11940489","score":null,"sort":[1675951250000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"california-regulators-look-to-protect-residents-from-skyrocketing-natural-gas-prices","title":"California Regulators Look to Shield Residents From Spiking Natural Gas Rates","publishDate":1675951250,"format":"standard","headTitle":"CALmatters | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":18481,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Gas prices have spiked in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That may sound like old news after months of high prices at the pump, but this time another kind of gas is running up the tab: natural gas, which fuels stoves and heats water and homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Average bills for PG&E residential customers in Northern California \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cpuc-website/industries-and-topics/meeting-documents/20230207-en-banc/gaselectricpricesenbanc_masterdeck-2022-02-07.pdf#page=9\">shot up to an estimated $195\u003c/a> in January, compared to $151 the year before; Southern California Gas customers got hit with $300 on average, compared to $123 last year, according to data that Jean Spencer, supervisor of the energy division of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), shared at a recent hearing. Meanwhile, across the country, wholesale natural gas prices have fallen an average of 50% since October, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-01/california-natural-gas-prices-surge-with-bills-300-higher-than-normal?leadSource=uverify%20wall\">reporting in Bloomberg\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what gives?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a CPUC hearing Tuesday, a host of state energy-related agencies and industry representatives looked into that exact question and discussed strategies to mitigate high prices. While the CPUC can’t directly set prices, attendees weighed different long-term options that could keep the cost of gas down for consumers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The meeting followed a decision by the CPUC last week to speed up a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2023/02/california-natural-gas-prices-relief/\">climate credit for consumers that should reduce gas bills\u003c/a>. That move will translate to \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-01/socalgas-bill-relief-for-customers\">roughly $50 off most people's utility bills\u003c/a> — but is just “a short-term Band-Aid, and this is a longer-term problem,” said CPUC President Alice Busching Reynolds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one California \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.socalgas.com/stories/market-prices-for-natural-gas-drop-driving-a-68-decrease-in-socalgas-february-procurement\">gas company\u003c/a> — SoCalGas — said it expects bills to go down in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-why-are-prices-so-high\">Why are prices so high?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/californias-natural-gas-market/supply-and-demand-natural-gas-california\">California pipes in 90% of its natural gas\u003c/a> from outside its borders, making the state vulnerable to supply issues beyond its control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=55279\">Several factors conspired\u003c/a> to send natural gas prices soaring in the West, according to the U.S. Energy Information Agency: below-normal temperatures; high gas use; lower imports of natural gas from Canada; gas pipeline constraints, including maintenance issues in West Texas; and lower gas storage levels in the Pacific region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom made clear he isn’t satisfied those reasons represent the whole story, writing in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Governor-Newsom-FERC-Letter-02.06.23.pdf\">letter to federal regulators\u003c/a> that “those known factors cannot explain the extent and longevity of the price spike.” He asked federal energy regulators to investigate “whether market manipulation, anticompetitive behavior, or other anomalous activities are driving these ongoing elevated prices in the western gas markets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-what-if-anything-can-be-done\">What, if anything, can be done?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Although the price of natural gas is set by regional and national markets, the CPUC and industry representatives on Tuesday weighed shorter- and longer-term changes that could insulate California customers from wildly fluctuating bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to accelerating the climate credit, the CPUC's Public Advocates Office has proposed \u003ca href=\"https://www.publicadvocates.cpuc.ca.gov/uploadedFiles/Content/Energy/230202%20CALADVOCATES%20Early%202023%20Natural%20Gas%20Bill%20Increases%20Memo%20FINAL.pdf\">spreading the increased cost over three to six months\u003c/a>, to make each individual bill more affordable and reduce the risk of disconnections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industry representatives also suggested increasing gas storage capacity and loosening certain regulations.[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"natural-gas\"]Storing natural gas enables utilities to rely on that existing supply and not have to buy as much when prices spike, shielding customers from shockingly high bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rodger Schwecke, senior vice president and chief infrastructure officer at SoCalGas, suggested reevaluating how much gas is stored at Aliso Canyon, the largest natural gas storage facility in the state. A major leak occurred at Aliso Canyon in 2015, causing the utility to temporarily \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35258036\">relocate thousands of households\u003c/a>. In the aftermath, the CPUC \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/regulatory-services/safety/gas-safety-and-reliability-branch/aliso-canyon-well-failure\">capped how much gas could be stored at the facility\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Pocta, program manager at the Public Advocates Office, also emphasized the importance of storage capacity at Aliso Canyon, mentioning a proposal to increase the cap, which would provide more storage capacity. How Aliso Canyon gets used is something “that the commission will need to consider closely moving forward,” Pocta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Lucy Redmond, director of gas reservoir engineering and facilities at PG&E, told officials on Tuesday that the impact of a 2018 state regulation caused a 40% average decline in the utility’s well capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those rules, which were much stricter than previous gas storage standards, were enacted after the Aliso Canyon leak, said Mike Florio, senior fellow at the policy group Gridworks and a former CPUC commissioner, in an interview with CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people think it’s really excessive, that they kind of went from not paying any attention at all to being really too strict in these regulations,” he said, adding that the rules require testing of gas facilities, and some of the tests can take a well out of service for as long as a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ve created a price problem,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the CPUC couldn’t revise the rules even if it wanted to, because a different state agency, the Geologic Energy Management Division of the Department of Conservation, wrote them, Florio noted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The only way this gets resolved is if it goes up their respective chains of command, maybe even as far as the governor’s office, to say, ‘Hey, let’s get these agencies on the same page,’” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"At a Tuesday hearing, state utilities regulators and industry representatives discussed why natural gas prices in California have suddenly spiked, and what can be done to protect ratepayers from exorbitant utility bills.\r\n\r\n","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1675983492,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":23,"wordCount":883},"headData":{"title":"California Regulators Look to Shield Residents From Spiking Natural Gas Rates | KQED","description":"At a Tuesday hearing, state utilities regulators and industry representatives discussed why natural gas prices in California have suddenly spiked, and what can be done to protect ratepayers from exorbitant utility bills.\r\n\r\n","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"California Regulators Look to Shield Residents From Spiking Natural Gas Rates","datePublished":"2023-02-09T14:00:50.000Z","dateModified":"2023-02-09T22:58:12.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/author/grace-gedye/\">Grace Gedye\u003c/a>","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11940489/california-regulators-look-to-protect-residents-from-skyrocketing-natural-gas-prices","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Gas prices have spiked in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That may sound like old news after months of high prices at the pump, but this time another kind of gas is running up the tab: natural gas, which fuels stoves and heats water and homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Average bills for PG&E residential customers in Northern California \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cpuc-website/industries-and-topics/meeting-documents/20230207-en-banc/gaselectricpricesenbanc_masterdeck-2022-02-07.pdf#page=9\">shot up to an estimated $195\u003c/a> in January, compared to $151 the year before; Southern California Gas customers got hit with $300 on average, compared to $123 last year, according to data that Jean Spencer, supervisor of the energy division of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), shared at a recent hearing. Meanwhile, across the country, wholesale natural gas prices have fallen an average of 50% since October, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-01/california-natural-gas-prices-surge-with-bills-300-higher-than-normal?leadSource=uverify%20wall\">reporting in Bloomberg\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what gives?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a CPUC hearing Tuesday, a host of state energy-related agencies and industry representatives looked into that exact question and discussed strategies to mitigate high prices. While the CPUC can’t directly set prices, attendees weighed different long-term options that could keep the cost of gas down for consumers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The meeting followed a decision by the CPUC last week to speed up a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2023/02/california-natural-gas-prices-relief/\">climate credit for consumers that should reduce gas bills\u003c/a>. That move will translate to \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-01/socalgas-bill-relief-for-customers\">roughly $50 off most people's utility bills\u003c/a> — but is just “a short-term Band-Aid, and this is a longer-term problem,” said CPUC President Alice Busching Reynolds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one California \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.socalgas.com/stories/market-prices-for-natural-gas-drop-driving-a-68-decrease-in-socalgas-february-procurement\">gas company\u003c/a> — SoCalGas — said it expects bills to go down in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-why-are-prices-so-high\">Why are prices so high?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/californias-natural-gas-market/supply-and-demand-natural-gas-california\">California pipes in 90% of its natural gas\u003c/a> from outside its borders, making the state vulnerable to supply issues beyond its control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=55279\">Several factors conspired\u003c/a> to send natural gas prices soaring in the West, according to the U.S. Energy Information Agency: below-normal temperatures; high gas use; lower imports of natural gas from Canada; gas pipeline constraints, including maintenance issues in West Texas; and lower gas storage levels in the Pacific region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom made clear he isn’t satisfied those reasons represent the whole story, writing in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Governor-Newsom-FERC-Letter-02.06.23.pdf\">letter to federal regulators\u003c/a> that “those known factors cannot explain the extent and longevity of the price spike.” He asked federal energy regulators to investigate “whether market manipulation, anticompetitive behavior, or other anomalous activities are driving these ongoing elevated prices in the western gas markets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-what-if-anything-can-be-done\">What, if anything, can be done?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Although the price of natural gas is set by regional and national markets, the CPUC and industry representatives on Tuesday weighed shorter- and longer-term changes that could insulate California customers from wildly fluctuating bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to accelerating the climate credit, the CPUC's Public Advocates Office has proposed \u003ca href=\"https://www.publicadvocates.cpuc.ca.gov/uploadedFiles/Content/Energy/230202%20CALADVOCATES%20Early%202023%20Natural%20Gas%20Bill%20Increases%20Memo%20FINAL.pdf\">spreading the increased cost over three to six months\u003c/a>, to make each individual bill more affordable and reduce the risk of disconnections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industry representatives also suggested increasing gas storage capacity and loosening certain regulations.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"related coverage ","tag":"natural-gas"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Storing natural gas enables utilities to rely on that existing supply and not have to buy as much when prices spike, shielding customers from shockingly high bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rodger Schwecke, senior vice president and chief infrastructure officer at SoCalGas, suggested reevaluating how much gas is stored at Aliso Canyon, the largest natural gas storage facility in the state. A major leak occurred at Aliso Canyon in 2015, causing the utility to temporarily \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35258036\">relocate thousands of households\u003c/a>. In the aftermath, the CPUC \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/regulatory-services/safety/gas-safety-and-reliability-branch/aliso-canyon-well-failure\">capped how much gas could be stored at the facility\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Pocta, program manager at the Public Advocates Office, also emphasized the importance of storage capacity at Aliso Canyon, mentioning a proposal to increase the cap, which would provide more storage capacity. How Aliso Canyon gets used is something “that the commission will need to consider closely moving forward,” Pocta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Lucy Redmond, director of gas reservoir engineering and facilities at PG&E, told officials on Tuesday that the impact of a 2018 state regulation caused a 40% average decline in the utility’s well capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those rules, which were much stricter than previous gas storage standards, were enacted after the Aliso Canyon leak, said Mike Florio, senior fellow at the policy group Gridworks and a former CPUC commissioner, in an interview with CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people think it’s really excessive, that they kind of went from not paying any attention at all to being really too strict in these regulations,” he said, adding that the rules require testing of gas facilities, and some of the tests can take a well out of service for as long as a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ve created a price problem,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the CPUC couldn’t revise the rules even if it wanted to, because a different state agency, the Geologic Energy Management Division of the Department of Conservation, wrote them, Florio noted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The only way this gets resolved is if it goes up their respective chains of command, maybe even as far as the governor’s office, to say, ‘Hey, let’s get these agencies on the same page,’” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11940489/california-regulators-look-to-protect-residents-from-skyrocketing-natural-gas-prices","authors":["byline_news_11940489"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_1066","news_32383","news_641","news_19436","news_23900"],"affiliates":["news_18481"],"featImg":"news_11940535","label":"news_18481"},"news_11863789":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11863789","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11863789","score":null,"sort":[1615726871000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"reject-gas-drilling-project-in-north-bay-wetland-environmental-groups-urge-feds","title":"Environmental Groups Urge Feds to Reject Gas Drilling Project in North Bay Wetland","publishDate":1615726871,"format":"image","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:30 a.m., April 2: \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nCalifornia's Department of Justice is weighing in on a proposal for an exploratory natural gas drilling project in the North Bay's environmentally sensitive Suisun Marsh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/2021.04.02%20AG%20Comments%20FINAL.pdf\">letter\u003c/a> sent Friday to the Army Corps of Engineers from Acting Attorney General Matthew Rodriquez's office expresses concern that the project could damage critical wildlife habitat and add to air and water pollution impacts already borne by nearby communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Suisun Marsh ... is a unique and irreplaceable natural resource that is important to the State and to the nation as a whole,\" the letter states. \"The project site is also near environmental justice communities that have been overburdened by pollution for decades.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Specifically referencing the nearby cities of Suisun City, Fairfield and Vallejo — all predominantly communities of color already impacted by pollutants from multiple nearby oil and gas facilities — the letter states that \"the proposed project would likely exacerbate harm to these environmental justice communities,\" and notes that the Army Corps' public notice on the project \"does not discuss potential impacts to nearby environmental justice communities.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Corps should address all potential environmental justice impacts associated with the project before it may issue the requested permit,\" the letter continues. \"We urge the Corps to carefully consider these impacts and the public interest before deciding whether to grant the requested permit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Army Corps of Engineers has extended the public comment period for the proposed project \u003ca href=\"https://www.spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Public-Notices/Article/2538058/spn-2011-00065-hunters-point-natural-gas-well-drilling-project/\">until today\u003c/a>, and say they will consider the possibility of an environmental impact statement after all comments have been reviewed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Story:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nLocal political leaders and a dozen Bay Area environmental groups are urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reject a permit proposal for an exploratory natural gas drilling project in Suisun Marsh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 88,000-acre wetland in Solano County — the largest contiguous brackish marsh on the west coast of North America — lies near the North Bay cities of Fairfield and Benicia, at the mouth of the vast Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta where the salty waters of San Francisco Bay mix with river water to create an estuary ecosystem that is home to hundreds of species of birds, fish, amphibians and mammals, including river otter, tule elk and the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The marsh provides habitat to bird species including the endangered California Ridgway's rail and the threatened California black rail, and is home to rare native plants like the Suisun thistle, which only grows in Suisun Marsh. It’s also an important resting and feeding area for thousands of migrating birds which use the Pacific flyway, making it a popular destination for birdwatching, hunting, hiking and canoeing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Hollin Kretzmann, Center for Biological Diversity\"]'We shouldn't be in the business of propping up new fossil fuel infrastructure and exploration projects. We should be in the business of protecting the environment, protecting frontline communities and moving us away from fossil fuels.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gas drilling permit was submitted by Sunset Exploration Inc., an oil and gas company based in nearby Brentwood. If approved, the project would create 100 feet of new road and a one-acre drilling pad built on the site of an abandoned, sealed well. If new drilling finds the well to be productive, the site would expand to include storage tanks and a mile and a half of new gas pipeline to connect with an existing pipeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a Feb. 26 \u003ca href=\"https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/climate_law_institute/pdfs/21-02-26-Hunters-Point-Gas-Drilling-Project-2011-00065N.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter\u003c/a> opposing the project sent to the Army Corps of Engineers on behalf of a dozen environmental groups — including the Sierra Club and San Francisco Baykeeper — Center for Biological Diversity Senior Attorney Hollin Kretzmann detailed the potential environmental damage the project could inflict on the marsh's delicate habitat and on surrounding communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter notes the permit application lacks details of the location of the road, and which chemicals might be used for drilling and maintenance of the well. It also calls into question the permit’s assertion that drilling at an existing well site reduces impact to the marsh and contamination risks from other nearby existing wells:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>When a new well is drilled...it can affect existing wells around it in ways ranging from soil and water contamination, to the [uncontrolled release] of gas that has migrated to the surface. ... Older and unused wells can create pathways for water contamination...especially those that were constructed decades ago with outdated technologies and standards.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Environmental groups are concerned that the newly proposed project could pave the way for more abandoned wells to come back online, potentially leading to accidents. There are many abandoned wells in the area, and new gas harvesting technology has made production more efficient in locations that were previously abandoned as unprofitable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty years ago there was enthusiasm in the oil and gas industry around potential reserves beneath Suisun Marsh and other locations in Solano County. In 2001, one natural gas executive said the area had “some of the most exciting opportunities in Northern California.” But renewable energy technology has also come a long way since then — and the negative environmental impacts of fossil fuels and climate change \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/ppic-statewide-survey-californians-and-the-environment-july-2020/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">are now a major concern for a majority of Californians\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suisun Marsh has been damaged by fossil fuel-related accidents before. In 2004, an oil pipeline running through the marsh ruptured, \u003ca href=\"https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=22852&inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spilling nearly 124,000 gallons of diesel fuel\u003c/a>. The spill caused significant damage to wildlife and the company responsible, Kinder Morgan Energy Co., paid over $1.1 million to clean up and restore the marsh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kretzmann called the new gas drilling proposal ridiculous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that we only have a limited amount of time to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, phase out fossil fuel and implement a just transition to a safer and more sustainable economy,\" he said. \"So the fact that we're thinking about expanding our oil and gas footprint in the state, and allowing people to dig for new fossil fuels is just completely ridiculous.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said it’s not just the delicate wetland ecosystem that is in danger, but the health of the surrounding communities and the future of the local economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We shouldn't be in the business of propping up new fossil fuel infrastructure and exploration projects. We should be in the business of protecting the environment, protecting frontline communities and moving us away from fossil fuels.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Monica Brown, Solano County supervisor\"]'Why are we doing this in the 21st century? We are putting so much time and effort into restoring and protecting Suisun Marsh. My constituents want open space and fresh air and clean water, not gas wells.'[/pullquote]Air pollutants are emitted during every stage of gas development. Emissions from the flaring and venting of wells can include harmful chemicals like carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and formaldehydes. The nearby cities of \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/suisuncitycitycalifornia,US/PST045219\">Suisun City\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/fairfieldcitycalifornia,US/PST045219\">Fairfield\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/vallejocitycalifornia,US/PST045219\">Vallejo\u003c/a> — predominantly communities of color — are already disproportionately impacted by pollutants from nearby oil and gas facilities including Valero's Benicia Refinery, Marathon's Martinez Refinery in Pacheco, PBF Energy's Martinez refinery and Chevron's Richmond Refinery, \u003ca href=\"https://ejscreen.epa.gov/mapper/\">according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solano County Supervisor Monica Brown, who opposes the project, said protecting the environment and transitioning away from fossil fuels is important to her constituents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why are we doing this in the 21st century? We are putting so much time and effort into restoring and protecting Suisun Marsh. My constituents want open space and fresh air and clean water, not gas wells.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said her district is actively trying to make it easier for residents to reduce fossil fuel dependency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are working on making a clean power option available to our residents,\" Brown said. \"We are working on installing more electric vehicle charging stations in our district, because so many people have electric cars, and also because we want to encourage more people to get them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='refineries']In a \u003ca href=\"http://beniciaindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Monica-Browns-letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public letter\u003c/a> to the Army Corps on Feb. 24, Brown called for a public hearing and a full California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) impact study on the project. A \u003ca href=\"/Users/awoelfle/Desktop/Army%20corps%20public%20notice%20suisun%20bay%20drilling.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public notice\u003c/a> on the project issued by the Army Corps stated that the project does not qualify for an automatic environmental impact study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sahrye Cohen, the regulatory chief with the North Bay branch of the Army Corps, said in an interview the agency is still determining whether an environmental impact study will be necessary and that the Corps will require Sunset Exploration to submit alternative plans that would mean less impact on the marsh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Can natural gas exploration be done in the Suisun Marsh in an area that has less impact on wetlands?\" Cohen indicated the Corps would ask Sunset Exploration. \"Could you request that fill be half an acre instead of an acre? Could you situate it partially on an area that has already been filled in? What are your other options here that don't involve putting fill in wetlands?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Clean Water Act requires the Army Corps to permit the least environmentally damaging plan, but Cohen said when it comes to surrounding communities, they usually fall outside the scope of the Corps' jurisdiction, which only covers actions that occur on waterways. Cohen said it usually doesn’t include a city 5 miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It all starts from, ‘What are they putting in the wetlands?’ then, ‘What are they proposing that adds onto that?'\" she said. \"There's executive orders about environmental justice that we are going to look at for our analysis. But there is a scope limitation, so we don't know how far that extends yet.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen was referencing potentially stricter executive orders around environmental justice forthcoming from the Biden administration, but there are also several court cases that limit the scope of the Corps' jurisdiction. The Corps has received a handful of similar requests for exploratory drilling in and around the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta in the last decade, and Cohen said most of them get approved after a discussion of how to reduce damage to wetlands and endangered species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've been here for about 12 years,\" she said. \"I don't know that we have denied a natural gas well exploratory permit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen added that the Corps' job is to decide, in consultation with agencies like the California Water Quality Control Board and the Department of Fish and Wildlife, whether a project is legally permissible. If it is legal, the permit is approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Brown said that isn’t a good enough reason to \"destroy\" a wetland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just because it’s legal doesn’t mean it's right. I hope the Army Corps will take that into consideration and reject this project.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The permit review process will take at least four months. Supervisor Brown, Hollin Kretzmann and other environmental groups said they will do whatever they can to fight the project every step of the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sunset Exploration did not return requests for comment on this story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's David Marks contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Local political leaders and a dozen environmental groups are urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reject a permit proposal for a natural gas drilling project in the delicate Suisun Marsh.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1617395776,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":41,"wordCount":1879},"headData":{"title":"Environmental Groups Urge Feds to Reject Gas Drilling Project in North Bay Wetland | KQED","description":"Local political leaders and a dozen 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https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11863789","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/03/14/reject-gas-drilling-project-in-north-bay-wetland-environmental-groups-urge-feds/","disqusTitle":"Environmental Groups Urge Feds to Reject Gas Drilling Project in North Bay Wetland","path":"/news/11863789/reject-gas-drilling-project-in-north-bay-wetland-environmental-groups-urge-feds","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:30 a.m., April 2: \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nCalifornia's Department of Justice is weighing in on a proposal for an exploratory natural gas drilling project in the North Bay's environmentally sensitive Suisun Marsh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/2021.04.02%20AG%20Comments%20FINAL.pdf\">letter\u003c/a> sent Friday to the Army Corps of Engineers from Acting Attorney General Matthew Rodriquez's office expresses concern that the project could damage critical wildlife habitat and add to air and water pollution impacts already borne by nearby communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Suisun Marsh ... is a unique and irreplaceable natural resource that is important to the State and to the nation as a whole,\" the letter states. \"The project site is also near environmental justice communities that have been overburdened by pollution for decades.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Specifically referencing the nearby cities of Suisun City, Fairfield and Vallejo — all predominantly communities of color already impacted by pollutants from multiple nearby oil and gas facilities — the letter states that \"the proposed project would likely exacerbate harm to these environmental justice communities,\" and notes that the Army Corps' public notice on the project \"does not discuss potential impacts to nearby environmental justice communities.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Corps should address all potential environmental justice impacts associated with the project before it may issue the requested permit,\" the letter continues. \"We urge the Corps to carefully consider these impacts and the public interest before deciding whether to grant the requested permit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Army Corps of Engineers has extended the public comment period for the proposed project \u003ca href=\"https://www.spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Public-Notices/Article/2538058/spn-2011-00065-hunters-point-natural-gas-well-drilling-project/\">until today\u003c/a>, and say they will consider the possibility of an environmental impact statement after all comments have been reviewed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Story:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nLocal political leaders and a dozen Bay Area environmental groups are urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reject a permit proposal for an exploratory natural gas drilling project in Suisun Marsh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 88,000-acre wetland in Solano County — the largest contiguous brackish marsh on the west coast of North America — lies near the North Bay cities of Fairfield and Benicia, at the mouth of the vast Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta where the salty waters of San Francisco Bay mix with river water to create an estuary ecosystem that is home to hundreds of species of birds, fish, amphibians and mammals, including river otter, tule elk and the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The marsh provides habitat to bird species including the endangered California Ridgway's rail and the threatened California black rail, and is home to rare native plants like the Suisun thistle, which only grows in Suisun Marsh. It’s also an important resting and feeding area for thousands of migrating birds which use the Pacific flyway, making it a popular destination for birdwatching, hunting, hiking and canoeing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'We shouldn't be in the business of propping up new fossil fuel infrastructure and exploration projects. We should be in the business of protecting the environment, protecting frontline communities and moving us away from fossil fuels.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Hollin Kretzmann, Center for Biological Diversity","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gas drilling permit was submitted by Sunset Exploration Inc., an oil and gas company based in nearby Brentwood. If approved, the project would create 100 feet of new road and a one-acre drilling pad built on the site of an abandoned, sealed well. If new drilling finds the well to be productive, the site would expand to include storage tanks and a mile and a half of new gas pipeline to connect with an existing pipeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a Feb. 26 \u003ca href=\"https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/climate_law_institute/pdfs/21-02-26-Hunters-Point-Gas-Drilling-Project-2011-00065N.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter\u003c/a> opposing the project sent to the Army Corps of Engineers on behalf of a dozen environmental groups — including the Sierra Club and San Francisco Baykeeper — Center for Biological Diversity Senior Attorney Hollin Kretzmann detailed the potential environmental damage the project could inflict on the marsh's delicate habitat and on surrounding communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter notes the permit application lacks details of the location of the road, and which chemicals might be used for drilling and maintenance of the well. It also calls into question the permit’s assertion that drilling at an existing well site reduces impact to the marsh and contamination risks from other nearby existing wells:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>When a new well is drilled...it can affect existing wells around it in ways ranging from soil and water contamination, to the [uncontrolled release] of gas that has migrated to the surface. ... Older and unused wells can create pathways for water contamination...especially those that were constructed decades ago with outdated technologies and standards.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Environmental groups are concerned that the newly proposed project could pave the way for more abandoned wells to come back online, potentially leading to accidents. There are many abandoned wells in the area, and new gas harvesting technology has made production more efficient in locations that were previously abandoned as unprofitable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty years ago there was enthusiasm in the oil and gas industry around potential reserves beneath Suisun Marsh and other locations in Solano County. In 2001, one natural gas executive said the area had “some of the most exciting opportunities in Northern California.” But renewable energy technology has also come a long way since then — and the negative environmental impacts of fossil fuels and climate change \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/ppic-statewide-survey-californians-and-the-environment-july-2020/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">are now a major concern for a majority of Californians\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suisun Marsh has been damaged by fossil fuel-related accidents before. In 2004, an oil pipeline running through the marsh ruptured, \u003ca href=\"https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=22852&inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spilling nearly 124,000 gallons of diesel fuel\u003c/a>. The spill caused significant damage to wildlife and the company responsible, Kinder Morgan Energy Co., paid over $1.1 million to clean up and restore the marsh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kretzmann called the new gas drilling proposal ridiculous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that we only have a limited amount of time to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, phase out fossil fuel and implement a just transition to a safer and more sustainable economy,\" he said. \"So the fact that we're thinking about expanding our oil and gas footprint in the state, and allowing people to dig for new fossil fuels is just completely ridiculous.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said it’s not just the delicate wetland ecosystem that is in danger, but the health of the surrounding communities and the future of the local economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We shouldn't be in the business of propping up new fossil fuel infrastructure and exploration projects. We should be in the business of protecting the environment, protecting frontline communities and moving us away from fossil fuels.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'Why are we doing this in the 21st century? We are putting so much time and effort into restoring and protecting Suisun Marsh. My constituents want open space and fresh air and clean water, not gas wells.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Monica Brown, Solano County supervisor","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Air pollutants are emitted during every stage of gas development. Emissions from the flaring and venting of wells can include harmful chemicals like carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and formaldehydes. The nearby cities of \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/suisuncitycitycalifornia,US/PST045219\">Suisun City\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/fairfieldcitycalifornia,US/PST045219\">Fairfield\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/vallejocitycalifornia,US/PST045219\">Vallejo\u003c/a> — predominantly communities of color — are already disproportionately impacted by pollutants from nearby oil and gas facilities including Valero's Benicia Refinery, Marathon's Martinez Refinery in Pacheco, PBF Energy's Martinez refinery and Chevron's Richmond Refinery, \u003ca href=\"https://ejscreen.epa.gov/mapper/\">according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solano County Supervisor Monica Brown, who opposes the project, said protecting the environment and transitioning away from fossil fuels is important to her constituents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why are we doing this in the 21st century? We are putting so much time and effort into restoring and protecting Suisun Marsh. My constituents want open space and fresh air and clean water, not gas wells.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said her district is actively trying to make it easier for residents to reduce fossil fuel dependency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are working on making a clean power option available to our residents,\" Brown said. \"We are working on installing more electric vehicle charging stations in our district, because so many people have electric cars, and also because we want to encourage more people to get them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Coverage ","tag":"refineries"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"http://beniciaindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Monica-Browns-letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public letter\u003c/a> to the Army Corps on Feb. 24, Brown called for a public hearing and a full California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) impact study on the project. A \u003ca href=\"/Users/awoelfle/Desktop/Army%20corps%20public%20notice%20suisun%20bay%20drilling.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public notice\u003c/a> on the project issued by the Army Corps stated that the project does not qualify for an automatic environmental impact study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sahrye Cohen, the regulatory chief with the North Bay branch of the Army Corps, said in an interview the agency is still determining whether an environmental impact study will be necessary and that the Corps will require Sunset Exploration to submit alternative plans that would mean less impact on the marsh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Can natural gas exploration be done in the Suisun Marsh in an area that has less impact on wetlands?\" Cohen indicated the Corps would ask Sunset Exploration. \"Could you request that fill be half an acre instead of an acre? Could you situate it partially on an area that has already been filled in? What are your other options here that don't involve putting fill in wetlands?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Clean Water Act requires the Army Corps to permit the least environmentally damaging plan, but Cohen said when it comes to surrounding communities, they usually fall outside the scope of the Corps' jurisdiction, which only covers actions that occur on waterways. Cohen said it usually doesn’t include a city 5 miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It all starts from, ‘What are they putting in the wetlands?’ then, ‘What are they proposing that adds onto that?'\" she said. \"There's executive orders about environmental justice that we are going to look at for our analysis. But there is a scope limitation, so we don't know how far that extends yet.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen was referencing potentially stricter executive orders around environmental justice forthcoming from the Biden administration, but there are also several court cases that limit the scope of the Corps' jurisdiction. The Corps has received a handful of similar requests for exploratory drilling in and around the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta in the last decade, and Cohen said most of them get approved after a discussion of how to reduce damage to wetlands and endangered species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've been here for about 12 years,\" she said. \"I don't know that we have denied a natural gas well exploratory permit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen added that the Corps' job is to decide, in consultation with agencies like the California Water Quality Control Board and the Department of Fish and Wildlife, whether a project is legally permissible. If it is legal, the permit is approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Brown said that isn’t a good enough reason to \"destroy\" a wetland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just because it’s legal doesn’t mean it's right. I hope the Army Corps will take that into consideration and reject this project.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The permit review process will take at least four months. Supervisor Brown, Hollin Kretzmann and other environmental groups said they will do whatever they can to fight the project every step of the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sunset Exploration did not return requests for comment on this story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's David Marks contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11863789/reject-gas-drilling-project-in-north-bay-wetland-environmental-groups-urge-feds","authors":["11630"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8"],"tags":["news_20023","news_29231","news_19436","news_17781","news_2513","news_29230"],"featImg":"news_11864276","label":"news"},"science_1956081":{"type":"posts","id":"science_1956081","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"science","id":"1956081","score":null,"sort":[1579893321000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"environmentalists-to-california-restaurants-drop-lawsuit-over-berkeley-gas-ban","title":"Environmentalists to California Restaurants: Drop Lawsuit Over Berkeley Gas Ban","publishDate":1579893321,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Environmentalists to California Restaurants: Drop Lawsuit Over Berkeley Gas Ban | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Environmental organizations are urging the board members of a major lobbying group for California restaurants to reconsider their support for a lawsuit against Berkeley over the city’s ban on natural gas in new buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizations including the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council released a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org/files/Letter%20to%20Restaurants%20on%20Board%20of%20CRA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter\u003c/a> they sent Tuesday to the restaurants of the California Restaurant Association’s board members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By carrying out this lawsuit, CRA is positioning themselves in alliance with oil and gas industry executives, and not on the side of the majority of Californians who support solutions to the climate crisis,” the letter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote]While environmental organizations claim all-electric construction will make homes and businesses more affordable, the California Restaurant Association contends the gas ban will raise the cost of building and operating restaurants.[/pullquote]The restaurant association filed the lawsuit in November. It claims that a city ordinance allowing only electric appliances and temperature controls in new buildings is unlawful and will have a negative effect on restaurants. The suit argues that restaurants would not be able to properly prepare food or heat their buildings without access to natural gas. The association also questioned Berkeley’s rush toward a fully electric future amid increasing and irregular power outages across the state.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Berkeley City Council unanimously passed the ordinance in July 2019 as part of an effort to curb the city’s greenhouse gas emissions. Proponents say the city adopted the measure after extensive research and public review. The law went into effect this month. Because the law applies only to new construction, Berkeley restaurants in existing buildings may continue using gas appliances, even if those restaurants require renovation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1956086\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1020px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1956086 size-full\" style=\"font-weight: bold; background-color: transparent; color: #767676;\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2029/01/Natural-gas-ban-Berkeley.jpg\" alt=\"frying pan over gas burner\" width=\"1020\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2029/01/Natural-gas-ban-Berkeley.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2029/01/Natural-gas-ban-Berkeley-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2029/01/Natural-gas-ban-Berkeley-800x569.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2029/01/Natural-gas-ban-Berkeley-768x547.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California Restaurant Association in November 2019 sued Berkeley over its natural gas ban, arguing the measure violates state law and will hurt the city’s restaurants. (Matthew Green/KQED) \u003ccite>(Matthew Green/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sierra Club has tracked more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.sierraclub.org/articles/2019/12/forward-looking-cities-lead-way-gas-free-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20 cities\u003c/a> across the state that have adopted legislation similar to Berkeley’s banning natural gas or promoting electricity in new construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is in the middle of a climate crisis,” said Sierra Club representative Matthew Gough. “We know that without aggressive policy to move off of dirty and dangerous fossil fuels, natural disasters and strains on our resources are going to get worse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added that Berkeley’s ordinance both supports California’s statewide framework to move to 100% carbon-free energy by 2045 and aligns with the city’s public health goals. The environmentalists’ letter refers to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23962958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study\u003c/a> that showed children who grow up in homes with gas stoves are 42% more likely to develop asthma than children who don’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While environmental organizations claim that all-electric construction will make homes and businesses more affordable, the California Restaurant Association contends that the gas ban will raise the cost of building and operating restaurants at the same time it limits consumers’ appliance choices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an emailed statement, Jot Condie, president and CEO of the California Restaurant Association, said that while his organization supports California’s climate goals, declining to sue over the Berkeley ordinance would amount to “malpractice.” He added that the ordinance harms restaurants because chefs rely on open flames to heat woks, sear meat and char vegetables. The association says they can’t achieve the same effects with electric stoves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like taking paint away from a painter and asking them to create a masterpiece,” said Robert W. Phillips, a professional chef and chairman of the Chef De Cuisine Association of California in the press release that announced the lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand that that’s a concern,” said the Sierra Club’s Gough, but he questioned why the issue wasn’t raised during the public comment period before Berkeley’s City Council voted on the ban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Condie responded that neither the Sierra Club nor its allies in support of the Berkeley ordinance reached out to the California Restaurant Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is not the first time environmental groups have put pressure on the California Restaurant Association over the lawsuit. In December 2019, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Earthjustice and other groups \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11788199/environmentalists-say-natural-gas-industry-behind-restaurant-groups-challenge-to-berkeley-gas-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alleged\u003c/a> that the gas industry was behind the lawsuit. The association denies that claim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The Sierra Club, NRDC and other organizations are putting pressure on the board members of a major restaurant lobbying group to reconsider their support for a lawsuit over Berkeley’s natural gas ban in newly constructed buildings.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704847869,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":16,"wordCount":734},"headData":{"title":"Environmentalists to California Restaurants: Drop Lawsuit Over Berkeley Gas Ban | KQED","description":"The Sierra Club, NRDC and other organizations are putting pressure on the board members of a major restaurant lobbying group to reconsider their support for a lawsuit over Berkeley’s natural gas ban in newly constructed buildings.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Environmentalists to California Restaurants: Drop Lawsuit Over Berkeley Gas Ban","datePublished":"2020-01-24T19:15:21.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-10T00:51:09.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Energy","sticky":false,"path":"/science/1956081/environmentalists-to-california-restaurants-drop-lawsuit-over-berkeley-gas-ban","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Environmental organizations are urging the board members of a major lobbying group for California restaurants to reconsider their support for a lawsuit against Berkeley over the city’s ban on natural gas in new buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizations including the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council released a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org/files/Letter%20to%20Restaurants%20on%20Board%20of%20CRA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter\u003c/a> they sent Tuesday to the restaurants of the California Restaurant Association’s board members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By carrying out this lawsuit, CRA is positioning themselves in alliance with oil and gas industry executives, and not on the side of the majority of Californians who support solutions to the climate crisis,” the letter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"While environmental organizations claim all-electric construction will make homes and businesses more affordable, the California Restaurant Association contends the gas ban will raise the cost of building and operating restaurants.","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The restaurant association filed the lawsuit in November. It claims that a city ordinance allowing only electric appliances and temperature controls in new buildings is unlawful and will have a negative effect on restaurants. The suit argues that restaurants would not be able to properly prepare food or heat their buildings without access to natural gas. The association also questioned Berkeley’s rush toward a fully electric future amid increasing and irregular power outages across the state.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Berkeley City Council unanimously passed the ordinance in July 2019 as part of an effort to curb the city’s greenhouse gas emissions. Proponents say the city adopted the measure after extensive research and public review. The law went into effect this month. Because the law applies only to new construction, Berkeley restaurants in existing buildings may continue using gas appliances, even if those restaurants require renovation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1956086\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1020px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1956086 size-full\" style=\"font-weight: bold; background-color: transparent; color: #767676;\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2029/01/Natural-gas-ban-Berkeley.jpg\" alt=\"frying pan over gas burner\" width=\"1020\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2029/01/Natural-gas-ban-Berkeley.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2029/01/Natural-gas-ban-Berkeley-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2029/01/Natural-gas-ban-Berkeley-800x569.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2029/01/Natural-gas-ban-Berkeley-768x547.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California Restaurant Association in November 2019 sued Berkeley over its natural gas ban, arguing the measure violates state law and will hurt the city’s restaurants. (Matthew Green/KQED) \u003ccite>(Matthew Green/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sierra Club has tracked more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.sierraclub.org/articles/2019/12/forward-looking-cities-lead-way-gas-free-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20 cities\u003c/a> across the state that have adopted legislation similar to Berkeley’s banning natural gas or promoting electricity in new construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is in the middle of a climate crisis,” said Sierra Club representative Matthew Gough. “We know that without aggressive policy to move off of dirty and dangerous fossil fuels, natural disasters and strains on our resources are going to get worse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added that Berkeley’s ordinance both supports California’s statewide framework to move to 100% carbon-free energy by 2045 and aligns with the city’s public health goals. The environmentalists’ letter refers to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23962958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study\u003c/a> that showed children who grow up in homes with gas stoves are 42% more likely to develop asthma than children who don’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While environmental organizations claim that all-electric construction will make homes and businesses more affordable, the California Restaurant Association contends that the gas ban will raise the cost of building and operating restaurants at the same time it limits consumers’ appliance choices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an emailed statement, Jot Condie, president and CEO of the California Restaurant Association, said that while his organization supports California’s climate goals, declining to sue over the Berkeley ordinance would amount to “malpractice.” He added that the ordinance harms restaurants because chefs rely on open flames to heat woks, sear meat and char vegetables. The association says they can’t achieve the same effects with electric stoves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like taking paint away from a painter and asking them to create a masterpiece,” said Robert W. Phillips, a professional chef and chairman of the Chef De Cuisine Association of California in the press release that announced the lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand that that’s a concern,” said the Sierra Club’s Gough, but he questioned why the issue wasn’t raised during the public comment period before Berkeley’s City Council voted on the ban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Condie responded that neither the Sierra Club nor its allies in support of the Berkeley ordinance reached out to the California Restaurant Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is not the first time environmental groups have put pressure on the California Restaurant Association over the lawsuit. In December 2019, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Earthjustice and other groups \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11788199/environmentalists-say-natural-gas-industry-behind-restaurant-groups-challenge-to-berkeley-gas-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alleged\u003c/a> that the gas industry was behind the lawsuit. The association denies that claim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/science/1956081/environmentalists-to-california-restaurants-drop-lawsuit-over-berkeley-gas-ban","authors":["11653"],"categories":["science_33","science_40"],"tags":["science_3370","science_1041"],"featImg":"science_1956086","label":"source_science_1956081"},"news_11788199":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11788199","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11788199","score":null,"sort":[1575405243000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"environmentalists-say-natural-gas-industry-behind-restaurant-groups-challenge-to-berkeley-gas-ban","title":"Natural Gas Industry Is Behind Restaurant Group’s Challenge to Berkeley Gas Ban, Environmentalists Say","publishDate":1575405243,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Environmental groups say the oil and gas industry is behind the California Restaurant Association’s lawsuit challenging Berkeley’s ban on natural gas pipes in new construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Natural Resources Defense Council, Earthjustice and other groups contend that the gas industry has partnered with the restaurant association and other trade groups in a surreptitious campaign to block such bans and discourage other cities from pursuing similar electrification efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We think it’s clearly intended to thwart the movement’s momentum,” said Pierre Delforge, a scientist with the NRDC’s Climate and Clean Energy Program. “It’s very likely the lawsuit is intended to send a chill and scare city councils into not adopting or delaying these decisions. It’s part of their calculus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Matt Vespa, Earthjustice staff attorney\"]'I’d be surprised if this [lawsuit] wasn’t funded by the gas industry.'[/pullquote]In July, the Berkeley City Council \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11761889/berkeley-becomes-first-city-in-california-to-ban-natural-gas-in-most-new-buildings\">unanimously approved\u003c/a> the first-in-the-nation legislation to ban natural gas pipes in most new residential and commercial construction, starting in 2020, as a means of achieving greenhouse gas reduction goals. The measure was hailed by environmentalists, who say scaling back use of the planet-warming fossil fuel is essential in the fight against climate change. Since then, more than a dozen other cities in California, including San Jose, have passed similar measures to scrap gas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/11/21/781874235/california-restaurant-industry-group-sues-berkeley-over-natural-gas-ban\">The suit\u003c/a>, filed in late November by the restaurant trade group, “copy-and-pastes” misleading talking points from the oil and gas industry’s public relations playbook, Delforge argues, while resorting to scare tactics to bolster its claims, including warnings of power shutoffs and price spikes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The restaurant association is aligning itself with fossil fuel interests in a way that may not be in the interest of its members,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists also note that the gas industry has consistently, if modestly, contributed to the restaurant association (CRA): Since 2016, Southern California Gas Company and San Diego Gas and Electric, both subsidiaries of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sempra.com/about-us/energy-operations-map\">Sempra Energy\u003c/a>, a Los Angeles-based company with major gas holdings in the U.S. and Mexico, have collectively given the group more than $142,000 in charitable contributions and membership dues, according to California Public Utilities Commission records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’d be surprised if this [lawsuit] wasn’t funded by the gas industry,” said Earthjustice staff attorney Matt Vespa. “It’s not cheap to file this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CRA declined to say how the suit was being funded. “We do not provide information about our members or their financial commitments to our various advocacy efforts, including this lawsuit,” said CRA spokeswoman Sharokina Shams in an email. “The funding for the lawsuit is not part of the case or the issues involved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CRA President and CEO Jot Condie was quick to dismiss any allegations of his group being tethered to the gas industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=science_1945656,news_11761889]“Suggesting that the restaurant industry has ‘ties’ to the natural gas industry is like saying restaurants have ties to knife manufacturers. Both of these things are essential to restaurant operations today,” he said in a statement. “If a local government tried to ban cutting tools in restaurant kitchens, we would take issue with that, too. Critics of the legal action we took appear to be looking for monsters under the bed — perhaps because they’re unable to dispute the actual substance of the claim — the serious impact to restaurants from a ban on a critical energy source, not to mention, a flagrant violation of law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vespa, though, argues that such claims are “disingenuous,” as the city’s ban will not impact any restaurants operating in existing buildings, and apply only to the tiny percentage of restaurants that move into future sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the suit, filed last month in U.S. District Court for Northern California, CRA argues that Berkeley bypassed state and federal energy regulations when it approved the natural gas ban. The group, which represents some 22,000 restaurants throughout California, argues that forcing restaurants to switch to electric cooking sources will significantly increase costs and fundamentally alter the cooking process. Most chefs depend on natural gas “for cooking particular types of food, whether it be flame-seared meats, charred vegetables, or the use of intense heat from a flame under a wok,” according to the suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, Berkeley and other cities that have followed its lead clearly bypassed state energy code regulations, said Courtland Reichman, managing partner of Reichman Jorgensen LLP, which is representing CRA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think a lot of facts are in dispute,” Reichman said. “They know this doesn't comply with state law. … It's about the principle of the matter and how it affects other cities across California and perhaps the country.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Claiming that CRA is acting on behalf of the gas industry, Reichman added, is “like saying the environmental groups are acting as a front for the electric companies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reichman’s firm has also represented Sempra Energy but “they are not my major clients,” he said, and the firm is not currently involved in any pending litigation with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response, Berkeley City Attorney Farimah Faiz Brown said the city is confident the measure complies with the law, and is prepared to “vigorously” defend it in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Delforge from NRDC said this suit, like other fights waged against local gas restrictions, clearly indicates the threat that electrification efforts pose to the natural gas industry. He notes how industry groups like the Western States Petroleum Association have recently underscored the urgency of the issue, urging energy companies to find creative ways to engage with the public and form alliances with diverse groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a \u003ca href=\"https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/natural-gas/080719-berkeley-gas-hook-up-ban-appears-likely-to-spread-to-other-california-cities-wspa-head?fbclid=iwar32zlrsj-pgrep3y0wvsaq-j3hlygbu7wtcc-tkmyueumfxzjo34omgdra\">gas industry conference\u003c/a> in August, covered by S&P Global, Western States Petroleum Association President Catherine Reheis-Boyd said, \"Wow. Can you imagine if every local municipality takes up this issue? It's death by a 1,000 cuts.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/54101722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">another address\u003c/a> to gas industry leaders the following month, documented in the same publication, Reheis-Boyd stressed the importance of building coalitions across industries. She credited coordinated opposition from the Los Angeles restaurant industry and other allies in helping to defeat a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/cpucblog.aspx?id=6442455750&blogid=1551\">2017 CPUC proposal\u003c/a> ordering Southern California Gas Company to temporarily halt service to commercial and industrial connections in parts of Los Angeles County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the industry’s vigilance, Delforge said, the CRA suit against Berkeley is hardly surprising.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whether it’s through CRA or through some other group, we do expect to have this kind of challenge,” he said. “It seems to be only way the fossil fuel industry thinks they can stop this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though Berkeley’s gas ban won’t affect the vast majority of restaurants in the city, any suggestion of not being able to cook with natural gas raises concerns for many professional chefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For home cooking, it doesn’t matter. For restaurants, it’s going to be a problem because you need to cook really fast,” said Olivier Said, who co-owns Kitchen on Fire, a cooking school in North Berkeley. “You’re going to have to retrain everybody. It’s going to be a very different concept for cooking. … Also, it’s way more expensive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s something “very primal” about cooking with fire, Said added, joking that if he switched to electric, he’d have to rename his business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’d be ‘Kitchen \u003cem>Without\u003c/em> Fire.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The groups accuse the gas industry of partnering with trade groups in a surreptitious campaign to block municipal gas restrictions and discourage future efforts.\r\n","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1666312011,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":29,"wordCount":1313},"headData":{"title":"Natural Gas Industry Is Behind Restaurant Group’s Challenge to Berkeley Gas Ban, Environmentalists Say | KQED","description":"The groups accuse the gas industry of partnering with trade groups in a surreptitious campaign to block municipal gas restrictions and discourage future efforts.\r\n","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Natural Gas Industry Is Behind Restaurant Group’s Challenge to Berkeley Gas Ban, Environmentalists Say","datePublished":"2019-12-03T20:34:03.000Z","dateModified":"2022-10-21T00:26:51.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11788199 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11788199","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/12/03/environmentalists-say-natural-gas-industry-behind-restaurant-groups-challenge-to-berkeley-gas-ban/","disqusTitle":"Natural Gas Industry Is Behind Restaurant Group’s Challenge to Berkeley Gas Ban, Environmentalists Say","audioUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Green-Berkeley-Gas.mp3","audioTrackLength":54,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/news/11788199/environmentalists-say-natural-gas-industry-behind-restaurant-groups-challenge-to-berkeley-gas-ban","audioDuration":54000,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Environmental groups say the oil and gas industry is behind the California Restaurant Association’s lawsuit challenging Berkeley’s ban on natural gas pipes in new construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Natural Resources Defense Council, Earthjustice and other groups contend that the gas industry has partnered with the restaurant association and other trade groups in a surreptitious campaign to block such bans and discourage other cities from pursuing similar electrification efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We think it’s clearly intended to thwart the movement’s momentum,” said Pierre Delforge, a scientist with the NRDC’s Climate and Clean Energy Program. “It’s very likely the lawsuit is intended to send a chill and scare city councils into not adopting or delaying these decisions. It’s part of their calculus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'I’d be surprised if this [lawsuit] wasn’t funded by the gas industry.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Matt Vespa, Earthjustice staff attorney","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In July, the Berkeley City Council \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11761889/berkeley-becomes-first-city-in-california-to-ban-natural-gas-in-most-new-buildings\">unanimously approved\u003c/a> the first-in-the-nation legislation to ban natural gas pipes in most new residential and commercial construction, starting in 2020, as a means of achieving greenhouse gas reduction goals. The measure was hailed by environmentalists, who say scaling back use of the planet-warming fossil fuel is essential in the fight against climate change. Since then, more than a dozen other cities in California, including San Jose, have passed similar measures to scrap gas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/11/21/781874235/california-restaurant-industry-group-sues-berkeley-over-natural-gas-ban\">The suit\u003c/a>, filed in late November by the restaurant trade group, “copy-and-pastes” misleading talking points from the oil and gas industry’s public relations playbook, Delforge argues, while resorting to scare tactics to bolster its claims, including warnings of power shutoffs and price spikes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The restaurant association is aligning itself with fossil fuel interests in a way that may not be in the interest of its members,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists also note that the gas industry has consistently, if modestly, contributed to the restaurant association (CRA): Since 2016, Southern California Gas Company and San Diego Gas and Electric, both subsidiaries of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sempra.com/about-us/energy-operations-map\">Sempra Energy\u003c/a>, a Los Angeles-based company with major gas holdings in the U.S. and Mexico, have collectively given the group more than $142,000 in charitable contributions and membership dues, according to California Public Utilities Commission records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’d be surprised if this [lawsuit] wasn’t funded by the gas industry,” said Earthjustice staff attorney Matt Vespa. “It’s not cheap to file this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CRA declined to say how the suit was being funded. “We do not provide information about our members or their financial commitments to our various advocacy efforts, including this lawsuit,” said CRA spokeswoman Sharokina Shams in an email. “The funding for the lawsuit is not part of the case or the issues involved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CRA President and CEO Jot Condie was quick to dismiss any allegations of his group being tethered to the gas industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Stories ","postid":"science_1945656,news_11761889"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Suggesting that the restaurant industry has ‘ties’ to the natural gas industry is like saying restaurants have ties to knife manufacturers. Both of these things are essential to restaurant operations today,” he said in a statement. “If a local government tried to ban cutting tools in restaurant kitchens, we would take issue with that, too. Critics of the legal action we took appear to be looking for monsters under the bed — perhaps because they’re unable to dispute the actual substance of the claim — the serious impact to restaurants from a ban on a critical energy source, not to mention, a flagrant violation of law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vespa, though, argues that such claims are “disingenuous,” as the city’s ban will not impact any restaurants operating in existing buildings, and apply only to the tiny percentage of restaurants that move into future sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the suit, filed last month in U.S. District Court for Northern California, CRA argues that Berkeley bypassed state and federal energy regulations when it approved the natural gas ban. The group, which represents some 22,000 restaurants throughout California, argues that forcing restaurants to switch to electric cooking sources will significantly increase costs and fundamentally alter the cooking process. Most chefs depend on natural gas “for cooking particular types of food, whether it be flame-seared meats, charred vegetables, or the use of intense heat from a flame under a wok,” according to the suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, Berkeley and other cities that have followed its lead clearly bypassed state energy code regulations, said Courtland Reichman, managing partner of Reichman Jorgensen LLP, which is representing CRA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think a lot of facts are in dispute,” Reichman said. “They know this doesn't comply with state law. … It's about the principle of the matter and how it affects other cities across California and perhaps the country.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Claiming that CRA is acting on behalf of the gas industry, Reichman added, is “like saying the environmental groups are acting as a front for the electric companies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reichman’s firm has also represented Sempra Energy but “they are not my major clients,” he said, and the firm is not currently involved in any pending litigation with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response, Berkeley City Attorney Farimah Faiz Brown said the city is confident the measure complies with the law, and is prepared to “vigorously” defend it in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Delforge from NRDC said this suit, like other fights waged against local gas restrictions, clearly indicates the threat that electrification efforts pose to the natural gas industry. He notes how industry groups like the Western States Petroleum Association have recently underscored the urgency of the issue, urging energy companies to find creative ways to engage with the public and form alliances with diverse groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a \u003ca href=\"https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/natural-gas/080719-berkeley-gas-hook-up-ban-appears-likely-to-spread-to-other-california-cities-wspa-head?fbclid=iwar32zlrsj-pgrep3y0wvsaq-j3hlygbu7wtcc-tkmyueumfxzjo34omgdra\">gas industry conference\u003c/a> in August, covered by S&P Global, Western States Petroleum Association President Catherine Reheis-Boyd said, \"Wow. Can you imagine if every local municipality takes up this issue? It's death by a 1,000 cuts.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/54101722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">another address\u003c/a> to gas industry leaders the following month, documented in the same publication, Reheis-Boyd stressed the importance of building coalitions across industries. She credited coordinated opposition from the Los Angeles restaurant industry and other allies in helping to defeat a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/cpucblog.aspx?id=6442455750&blogid=1551\">2017 CPUC proposal\u003c/a> ordering Southern California Gas Company to temporarily halt service to commercial and industrial connections in parts of Los Angeles County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the industry’s vigilance, Delforge said, the CRA suit against Berkeley is hardly surprising.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whether it’s through CRA or through some other group, we do expect to have this kind of challenge,” he said. “It seems to be only way the fossil fuel industry thinks they can stop this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though Berkeley’s gas ban won’t affect the vast majority of restaurants in the city, any suggestion of not being able to cook with natural gas raises concerns for many professional chefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For home cooking, it doesn’t matter. For restaurants, it’s going to be a problem because you need to cook really fast,” said Olivier Said, who co-owns Kitchen on Fire, a cooking school in North Berkeley. “You’re going to have to retrain everybody. It’s going to be a very different concept for cooking. … Also, it’s way more expensive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s something “very primal” about cooking with fire, Said added, joking that if he switched to electric, he’d have to rename his business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’d be ‘Kitchen \u003cem>Without\u003c/em> Fire.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv 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href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11762023/manhole-to-maintenance-hole-berkeley-proposes-gender-neutral-changes-to-city-code\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">maintenance holes\u003c/a>,\" they also voted to \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/fioreberkeleygas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ban natural gas in most new buildings\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday night's council meeting was a busy one that wrestled with issues ranging from gender identity to fighting global warming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many Bay Area cities, Berkeley is trying to cope with the impact of climate change, a booming economy and an affordable housing crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley council members have been in the spotlight for blocking development in the midst of skyrocketing housing costs — but let's just say\u003ca href=\"https://bpr.berkeley.edu/2017/10/31/zucchini-gate-or-bust-berkeleys-battle-for-affordable-housing/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> zucchinis seem to be doing just fine\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"On the same day the Berkeley City Council voted to rename manholes \"maintenance holes,\" they also voted to ban natural gas in most new buildings.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1563476022,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":6,"wordCount":103},"headData":{"title":"So Much to Rename, So Little Time | KQED","description":"On the same day the Berkeley City Council voted to rename manholes "maintenance holes," they also voted to ban natural gas in most new buildings.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"So Much to Rename, So Little Time","datePublished":"2019-07-17T22:40:33.000Z","dateModified":"2019-07-18T18:53:42.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11761995 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11761995","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/07/17/so-much-to-rename-so-little-time/","disqusTitle":"So Much to Rename, So Little Time","path":"/news/11761995/so-much-to-rename-so-little-time","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On the same day the Berkeley City Council voted to rename manholes \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11762023/manhole-to-maintenance-hole-berkeley-proposes-gender-neutral-changes-to-city-code\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">maintenance holes\u003c/a>,\" they also voted to \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/fioreberkeleygas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ban natural gas in most new buildings\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday night's council meeting was a busy one that wrestled with issues ranging from gender identity to fighting global warming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many Bay Area cities, Berkeley is trying to cope with the impact of climate change, a booming economy and an affordable housing crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley council members have been in the spotlight for blocking development in the midst of skyrocketing housing costs — but let's just say\u003ca href=\"https://bpr.berkeley.edu/2017/10/31/zucchini-gate-or-bust-berkeleys-battle-for-affordable-housing/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> zucchinis seem to be doing just fine\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11761995/so-much-to-rename-so-little-time","authors":["3236"],"series":["news_18515"],"categories":["news_1758","news_19906","news_6266","news_8","news_13","news_1397"],"tags":["news_3921","news_24805","news_129","news_255","news_5135","news_328","news_20949","news_19436"],"featImg":"news_11762018","label":"news_18515"},"news_11725622":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11725622","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11725622","score":null,"sort":[1550217669000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"contractor-tied-to-san-francisco-pipeline-explosion-didnt-have-a-license","title":"Contractor Tied to San Francisco Pipeline Explosion Didn’t Have a License","publishDate":1550217669,"format":"image","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>California regulators say a New Jersey telecommunications company tasked with installing fiber optic cables in San Francisco's Inner Richmond neighborhood — a job linked to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11723887/s-f-firefighters-battle-3-alarm-natural-gas-blaze-on-geary-boulevard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">natural gas pipeline explosion\u003c/a> last week — did not have a state contractor's license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advanced Fiber Works, a subcontractor on the project, specializes in fiber optics construction and activation. However, it does not have a license in California and there's no record that it has applied for one, according Rick Lopes, a spokesman for the Contractors State License Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company was granted a \u003ca href=\"https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/Document/RetrievePDF?Id=04233536-25545873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">business license\u003c/a> by the California Secretary of State's office on Jan. 29. Verizon's permit from San Francisco Public Works indicated the Geary Boulevard project was to begin on that date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several days later Advanced Fiber Works notified merchants and residents in the area that it was preparing to do work at the site and that they should get ready for noise and other disruptions from the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Please be advised that we will be starting some excavation work in the road outside your building. We are installing fiber optic conduit,\" states the flier written with Advanced Fiber Works letterhead but with the contact information for another subcontractor on the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the people who received those notices had to evacuate from their stores and homes on Feb. 6, when crews dug into a four-inch PG&E pipeline at Geary Boulevard and Parker Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The highly flammable gas burst from the rupture, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11723887/s-f-firefighters-battle-3-alarm-natural-gas-blaze-on-geary-boulevard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caught fire\u003c/a> and sent a column of flames soaring 50 feet into the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The three-alarm blaze burned for more than two hours as PG&E crews struggled to cut off the flow of gas at the site. The fire gutted a restaurant, damaged several other buildings and prompted investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board, the California Public Utilities Commission, California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health and the San Francisco Fire Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Supervisors Catherine Stefani and Sandra Lee Fewer called for a hearing to review the incident and asked that representatives of several agencies speak before the Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We want to ensure that contractors conducting work on our streets maintain the highest standards and meet all safety requirements at the federal, state and local level,\" Stefani said before the board.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch2>Learn More\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11724415\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-1095654954.jpg\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-1095654954.jpg 5395w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-1095654954-160x105.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-1095654954-800x525.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-1095654954-1020x669.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-1095654954-1200x787.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-1095654954-1920x1260.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5395px) 100vw, 5395px\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch4>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10829492/s-f-officials-upheld-in-firing-of-construction-firm-involved-in-gas-line-breaks\">S.F. Officials Upheld in Firing of Construction Firm Involved in Gas Line Breaks\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch4>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10543975/state-investigating-whisteblower-report-of-potentially-explosive-pipeline-errors\">State Probing PG&E Safety Program After Concerns Raised About Potential Explosions\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Part of the investigations into the explosion will be aimed at determining the plans and delegation of work for the fiber optic installation that spanned six blocks of Geary between Parker Avenue and Emerson Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project involved several companies in four states. Telecommunications giant Verizon applied for and received a permit from the city for the installation. Verizon then hired MasTec, a Florida infrastructure engineering firm, as its main contractor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MasTec, in turn, contracted with Advanced Fiber Works, which hired a recently created San Francisco company — Kilford Engineering — for part of the construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Advanced Fiber Works disputed the idea that it was doing physical work on the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The work being performed at the job-site had been subcontracted to Kilford Engineering, a state- and city-licensed contractor with many years of experience in underground cable installation. AFW had no employees on site at the time of the incident nor was it performing any physical work associated with the project. At no point was AFW responsible for assigning or providing employees to the job site,\" the statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joshua Weiner, a representative for Advanced Fiber Works, said the project was the first the two firms had worked together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weiner did not answer repeated questions about what actual work AFW was tasked with on the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11724205\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11724205\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_1599-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Crews from PG&E and the San Francisco Fire Department at the scene of a natural gas blast and fire on Geary Boulevard in the city's Inner Richmond neighborhood.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crews from PG&E and the San Francisco Fire Department at the scene of a natural gas blast and fire on Geary Boulevard in the city's Inner Richmond neighborhood. \u003ccite>(Raquel Maria Dillon/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An employee for Kilford Engineering was driving the excavator that struck the underground natural gas pipeline that ruptured, according to Frank Polizzi, a spokesman for Cal/OSHA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Polizzi said Kilford was hired to dig a trench, install conduit and seal up the excavation. AFW was supposed to eventually snake cables through the conduit, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal/OSHA is currently investigating Kilford Engineering in connection with the explosion — not the other firms involved in the work, Polizzi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kilford Engineering, which obtained its state business and contractors licenses late last year, issued a statement through a communications firm in Cleveland, Ohio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is important to note that no cause of the fire has been established and any speculation to the contrary undermines the integrity of this investigation, which must be given time to reveal answers as to what occurred,\" the statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lopes, the spokesman for the contractors board, said if AFW was involved in physically installing communication lines, the contractor would be in violation of state regulations requiring a \u003ca href=\"http://www.cslb.ca.gov/About_Us/Library/Licensing_Classifications/C-7_-_Low_Voltage_Systems_Contractor.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">C-7\u003c/a> license to do the work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Verizon has not answered questions about the incident since it issued a statement hours after the explosion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A representative for MasTec has not answered questions about the role AFW played on the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, NTSB investigators have focused on PG&E's actions. Last Friday, officials with the federal agency said they were trying to find out how long it took PG&E to shut off the gas after the line was broken. Federal investigators planned to secure several feet of the ruptured pipeline and possibly send it to a lab for more analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A PG&E spokeswoman declined to name the contractor that contacted the utility to determine where gas lines were in the area. PG&E has said that it marked the location of the lines before work began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eric Weiss, a spokesman for the NTSB, said the agency expects to release a preliminary report on the case in the coming days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Four government agencies are investigating last week’s pipeline rupture and fire in the city’s Inner Richmond neighborhood.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1567033893,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":30,"wordCount":1014},"headData":{"title":"Contractor Tied to San Francisco Pipeline Explosion Didn’t Have a License | KQED","description":"Four government agencies are investigating last week’s pipeline rupture and fire in the city’s Inner Richmond neighborhood.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Contractor Tied to San Francisco Pipeline Explosion Didn’t Have a License","datePublished":"2019-02-15T08:01:09.000Z","dateModified":"2019-08-28T23:11:33.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11725622 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11725622","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/02/15/contractor-tied-to-san-francisco-pipeline-explosion-didnt-have-a-license/","disqusTitle":"Contractor Tied to San Francisco Pipeline Explosion Didn’t Have a License","path":"/news/11725622/contractor-tied-to-san-francisco-pipeline-explosion-didnt-have-a-license","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California regulators say a New Jersey telecommunications company tasked with installing fiber optic cables in San Francisco's Inner Richmond neighborhood — a job linked to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11723887/s-f-firefighters-battle-3-alarm-natural-gas-blaze-on-geary-boulevard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">natural gas pipeline explosion\u003c/a> last week — did not have a state contractor's license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advanced Fiber Works, a subcontractor on the project, specializes in fiber optics construction and activation. However, it does not have a license in California and there's no record that it has applied for one, according Rick Lopes, a spokesman for the Contractors State License Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company was granted a \u003ca href=\"https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/Document/RetrievePDF?Id=04233536-25545873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">business license\u003c/a> by the California Secretary of State's office on Jan. 29. Verizon's permit from San Francisco Public Works indicated the Geary Boulevard project was to begin on that date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several days later Advanced Fiber Works notified merchants and residents in the area that it was preparing to do work at the site and that they should get ready for noise and other disruptions from the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Please be advised that we will be starting some excavation work in the road outside your building. We are installing fiber optic conduit,\" states the flier written with Advanced Fiber Works letterhead but with the contact information for another subcontractor on the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the people who received those notices had to evacuate from their stores and homes on Feb. 6, when crews dug into a four-inch PG&E pipeline at Geary Boulevard and Parker Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The highly flammable gas burst from the rupture, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11723887/s-f-firefighters-battle-3-alarm-natural-gas-blaze-on-geary-boulevard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caught fire\u003c/a> and sent a column of flames soaring 50 feet into the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The three-alarm blaze burned for more than two hours as PG&E crews struggled to cut off the flow of gas at the site. The fire gutted a restaurant, damaged several other buildings and prompted investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board, the California Public Utilities Commission, California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health and the San Francisco Fire Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Supervisors Catherine Stefani and Sandra Lee Fewer called for a hearing to review the incident and asked that representatives of several agencies speak before the Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We want to ensure that contractors conducting work on our streets maintain the highest standards and meet all safety requirements at the federal, state and local level,\" Stefani said before the board.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch2>Learn More\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11724415\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-1095654954.jpg\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-1095654954.jpg 5395w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-1095654954-160x105.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-1095654954-800x525.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-1095654954-1020x669.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-1095654954-1200x787.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-1095654954-1920x1260.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5395px) 100vw, 5395px\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch4>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10829492/s-f-officials-upheld-in-firing-of-construction-firm-involved-in-gas-line-breaks\">S.F. Officials Upheld in Firing of Construction Firm Involved in Gas Line Breaks\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch4>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10543975/state-investigating-whisteblower-report-of-potentially-explosive-pipeline-errors\">State Probing PG&E Safety Program After Concerns Raised About Potential Explosions\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Part of the investigations into the explosion will be aimed at determining the plans and delegation of work for the fiber optic installation that spanned six blocks of Geary between Parker Avenue and Emerson Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project involved several companies in four states. Telecommunications giant Verizon applied for and received a permit from the city for the installation. Verizon then hired MasTec, a Florida infrastructure engineering firm, as its main contractor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MasTec, in turn, contracted with Advanced Fiber Works, which hired a recently created San Francisco company — Kilford Engineering — for part of the construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Advanced Fiber Works disputed the idea that it was doing physical work on the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The work being performed at the job-site had been subcontracted to Kilford Engineering, a state- and city-licensed contractor with many years of experience in underground cable installation. AFW had no employees on site at the time of the incident nor was it performing any physical work associated with the project. At no point was AFW responsible for assigning or providing employees to the job site,\" the statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joshua Weiner, a representative for Advanced Fiber Works, said the project was the first the two firms had worked together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weiner did not answer repeated questions about what actual work AFW was tasked with on the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11724205\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11724205\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_1599-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Crews from PG&E and the San Francisco Fire Department at the scene of a natural gas blast and fire on Geary Boulevard in the city's Inner Richmond neighborhood.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crews from PG&E and the San Francisco Fire Department at the scene of a natural gas blast and fire on Geary Boulevard in the city's Inner Richmond neighborhood. \u003ccite>(Raquel Maria Dillon/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An employee for Kilford Engineering was driving the excavator that struck the underground natural gas pipeline that ruptured, according to Frank Polizzi, a spokesman for Cal/OSHA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Polizzi said Kilford was hired to dig a trench, install conduit and seal up the excavation. AFW was supposed to eventually snake cables through the conduit, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal/OSHA is currently investigating Kilford Engineering in connection with the explosion — not the other firms involved in the work, Polizzi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kilford Engineering, which obtained its state business and contractors licenses late last year, issued a statement through a communications firm in Cleveland, Ohio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is important to note that no cause of the fire has been established and any speculation to the contrary undermines the integrity of this investigation, which must be given time to reveal answers as to what occurred,\" the statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lopes, the spokesman for the contractors board, said if AFW was involved in physically installing communication lines, the contractor would be in violation of state regulations requiring a \u003ca href=\"http://www.cslb.ca.gov/About_Us/Library/Licensing_Classifications/C-7_-_Low_Voltage_Systems_Contractor.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">C-7\u003c/a> license to do the work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Verizon has not answered questions about the incident since it issued a statement hours after the explosion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A representative for MasTec has not answered questions about the role AFW played on the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, NTSB investigators have focused on PG&E's actions. Last Friday, officials with the federal agency said they were trying to find out how long it took PG&E to shut off the gas after the line was broken. Federal investigators planned to secure several feet of the ruptured pipeline and possibly send it to a lab for more analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A PG&E spokeswoman declined to name the contractor that contacted the utility to determine where gas lines were in the area. PG&E has said that it marked the location of the lines before work began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eric Weiss, a spokesman for the NTSB, said the agency expects to release a preliminary report on the case in the coming days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11725622/contractor-tied-to-san-francisco-pipeline-explosion-didnt-have-a-license","authors":["258"],"categories":["news_19906","news_6188","news_8"],"tags":["news_19542","news_19436","news_140","news_21393","news_950","news_38","news_1513"],"featImg":"news_11770841","label":"news"},"news_11308763":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11308763","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11308763","score":null,"sort":[1486759280000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"regulators-may-reopen-aliso-canyon-gas-field-over-residents-objections","title":"Regulators May Reopen Aliso Canyon Gas Field Over Residents’ Objections","publishDate":1486759280,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>About a year after plugging the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/02/25/study-porter-ranch-gas-leak-doubled-l-a-s-methane-emissions/\" target=\"_blank\">largest methane leak in U.S. history\u003c/a>, Southern California Gas Co. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/18/aliso-canyon-natural-gas-field-could-reopen-after-public-hearings/\" target=\"_blank\">may once again start pumping natural gas\u003c/a> into its Aliso Canyon storage field in Los Angeles County. State regulators are weighing whether to reopen the gas field over the objections of residents and politicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think the wells are safe,\" says Ken Harris, California’s Oil and Gas supervisor, one of two regulators making the decision. He says SoCalGas has replaced miles of pipeline at the field. Inspectors have cleared 37 out of 114 gas wells for operation so far and are still checking out the rest. And Harris says new rules would require more and better inspections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"Jhl3w6oZu7KadEljJ9gCN4m4fd05VXbY\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the present condition of the well we have confidence in. It’s how it’s going to be operated, and the fact that these tests will be carried out in the future, so we’ll be able to follow the health of the well, something that was not done in the past,\" Harris says. “I don’t think any gas field has been through the level of scrutiny Aliso Canyon has been under.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris says the public has to trust the technical expertise of his agency, the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But hundreds of people packed public meetings in Woodland Hills last week to oppose the reopening of Aliso Canyon and say they absolutely do not trust the regulators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2017/02/2017-02-09b-tcr.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/PorterRanchProtesters-800x559.jpg\" Title=\"Regulators May Reopen Aliso Canyon Gas Field, Over Objections of Residents\" program=\"The California Report\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initial leak temporarily \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/03/03/court-gives-residents-30-days-not-8-to-return-home-after-porter-ranch-leak/\" target=\"_blank\">forced thousands of families\u003c/a> in the hillside community of Porter Ranch from their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last year some disputes with SoCalGas -- like relocation costs and home cleaning -- have been settled. As of the end of 2016, SoCalGas has spent $764 million on its response to the leak, a figure that includes both site safety and upgrades and community response.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Health Study Hasn’t Begun\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But other major questions remain unresolved. Dissatisfied Porter Ranch residents still wonder exactly what's to blame for the headaches, nosebleeds, nausea and other health symptoms reported by some residents, first during the leak and intermittently since then.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'We don't need you to sell us on the need or the safety of this facility. What we need is to stop being sick.'\u003ccite>Helen Ritenour, former Porter Ranch resident\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Those complaints flared up again during a period when the company announced it was withdrawing small amounts of gas from Aliso Canyon to cover demand on cold days in January. Twenty-nine odor complaints were filed with the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD), but SoCalGas points out that fenceline data from eight pairs of monitors showed normal background levels of airborne pollutants during that time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No health study is yet underway, in part because of disputes between public officials and SoCalGas about any study's scope and cost. But that's changing. On Wednesday, the AQMD settled a civil lawsuit against SoCalGas for $8.5 million, which includes $1 million for a health investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a release from the AQMD, that will include “an enhanced assessment of residents' exposure to air pollution from the leak; a community health survey; and an analysis of potential associations between reported health effects and exposure to air pollutants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2017/02/2017-02-10c-tcr.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/AlisoProtest-800x533.jpg\" Title=\"Porter Ranch Doctor Calls for Independent Health Study of Gas Leak\" program=\"The California Report\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health -- a potential partner in the AQMD’s effort -- seeks a multiyear, multimillion-dollar study, says Angelo Bellomo, the county’s director of environmental health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whether this facility stays closed forever, or whether it resumes operation, having the kind of study we’re talking about is the only way this community will have closure to their health concerns and needs,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bellomo notes that it will take $12-13 million to fund a multiyear, \"meaningful study\" for the residents of Porter Ranch.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Is a 'Root-Cause Analysis' Necessary?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Residents say they’re also waiting for someone to investigate the root cause of the natural gas blowout. On the first night of two public meetings, members of the activist group Save Porter Ranch seized control of the public meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calen McGee, the facilitator hired by the state to run the meeting, said, “You’re stopping this meeting,” and “Stop that,” as members of the audience chanted, “We are the public! We are the public!” and “Let them speak! Let them speak!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Mollydacious/status/826998046860795907\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A leader of Save Porter Ranch, Matt Pakucko, vented his frustration through a bullhorn once his microphone was cut off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you cannot absolutely state, with the root-cause analysis completed, what caused the blowout, then you cannot claim that this facility is safe,” Pakucko shouted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Henry Stern has introduced a bill to require that analysis to be completed before the gas field reopens. Some Republican lawmakers and U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein have signed on, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The hope is we don’t have to push the bill all the way through and that they’ll take a pause here and reassess, not rush this thing but we’ll go that route if we have to.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SoCalGas says Stern’s legislation and a root-cause analysis are “unnecessary” because a federal report has identified an equipment problem for the well that failed, SS-25.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That report found a leak in the outer casing of the well, and SoCalGas points out that DOGGR’s well testing covers the outer casing of every well approved to return to service.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Longer-Term Questions\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Independent experts, including a Louisiana-based engineering firm consulting for Los Angeles County, are raising technical questions to which DOGGR and CPUC must respond before making the decision to reopen the Aliso Canyon field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company says that this storage field is critical to meeting peak demand on the coldest and hottest days, another question disputed by consultants for the county and Food and Water Watch, an advocacy group seeking to shut the gas field down permanently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Required by law, the state will soon begin to look into whether it can provide enough power without Aliso Canyon’s gas reserves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CPUC executive director Tim Sullivan says that question is separate from the decision to reopen, the process underway now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"ujuwk8f0jd3HxKAGIq9f4k7vRzLQw2DI\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first decision we have to make is, based on the facts and the investments and the repairs that have been done, is the facility safe enough to open? The second question is, does it make sense to have this facility here in the long run?” Sullivan says. “And decisions in the short term aren’t necessarily influencing decisions in the long term.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liza Tucker, with the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, says the fact that so many questions remain unanswered is itself evidence that reopening Aliso Canyon is a bad idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The idea that we have communities living practically on top of those gas wells and that we had a terrible accident that displaced thousands of people and sickened hundreds of people tells you something,” Tucker says. “It’s not worth the risk of reopening the facility.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Helen Ritenour, a former Porter Ranch resident who testified at the recent public meeting, says regulators should take action to protect her community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fifteen months ago, when a well first blew at Aliso Canyon, Ritenour and her husband had just bought their first home in Porter Ranch, and had a baby. She told DOGGR chief Harris and CPUC executive director Sullivan that her health risks remain unknown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t need you to sell us on the need or the safety of this facility. What we need is to stop being sick,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ritenour says she and her neighbors just want to feel safe again.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"One of the two officials making the decision says the wells are safe. Residents who seized control of a recent public meeting aren’t reassured.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1486771700,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":37,"wordCount":1428},"headData":{"title":"Regulators May Reopen Aliso Canyon Gas Field Over Residents’ Objections | KQED","description":"One of the two officials making the decision says the wells are safe. Residents who seized control of a recent public meeting aren’t reassured.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Regulators May Reopen Aliso Canyon Gas Field Over Residents’ Objections","datePublished":"2017-02-10T20:41:20.000Z","dateModified":"2017-02-11T00:08:20.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11308763 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11308763","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/02/10/regulators-may-reopen-aliso-canyon-gas-field-over-residents-objections/","disqusTitle":"Regulators May Reopen Aliso Canyon Gas Field Over Residents’ Objections","path":"/news/11308763/regulators-may-reopen-aliso-canyon-gas-field-over-residents-objections","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>About a year after plugging the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/02/25/study-porter-ranch-gas-leak-doubled-l-a-s-methane-emissions/\" target=\"_blank\">largest methane leak in U.S. history\u003c/a>, Southern California Gas Co. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/18/aliso-canyon-natural-gas-field-could-reopen-after-public-hearings/\" target=\"_blank\">may once again start pumping natural gas\u003c/a> into its Aliso Canyon storage field in Los Angeles County. State regulators are weighing whether to reopen the gas field over the objections of residents and politicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think the wells are safe,\" says Ken Harris, California’s Oil and Gas supervisor, one of two regulators making the decision. He says SoCalGas has replaced miles of pipeline at the field. Inspectors have cleared 37 out of 114 gas wells for operation so far and are still checking out the rest. And Harris says new rules would require more and better inspections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the present condition of the well we have confidence in. It’s how it’s going to be operated, and the fact that these tests will be carried out in the future, so we’ll be able to follow the health of the well, something that was not done in the past,\" Harris says. “I don’t think any gas field has been through the level of scrutiny Aliso Canyon has been under.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris says the public has to trust the technical expertise of his agency, the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But hundreds of people packed public meetings in Woodland Hills last week to oppose the reopening of Aliso Canyon and say they absolutely do not trust the regulators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"audio","attributes":{"named":{"src":"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2017/02/2017-02-09b-tcr.mp3","image":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/PorterRanchProtesters-800x559.jpg","title":"Regulators May Reopen Aliso Canyon Gas Field, Over Objections of Residents","program":"The California Report","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initial leak temporarily \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/03/03/court-gives-residents-30-days-not-8-to-return-home-after-porter-ranch-leak/\" target=\"_blank\">forced thousands of families\u003c/a> in the hillside community of Porter Ranch from their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last year some disputes with SoCalGas -- like relocation costs and home cleaning -- have been settled. As of the end of 2016, SoCalGas has spent $764 million on its response to the leak, a figure that includes both site safety and upgrades and community response.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Health Study Hasn’t Begun\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But other major questions remain unresolved. Dissatisfied Porter Ranch residents still wonder exactly what's to blame for the headaches, nosebleeds, nausea and other health symptoms reported by some residents, first during the leak and intermittently since then.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'We don't need you to sell us on the need or the safety of this facility. What we need is to stop being sick.'\u003ccite>Helen Ritenour, former Porter Ranch resident\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Those complaints flared up again during a period when the company announced it was withdrawing small amounts of gas from Aliso Canyon to cover demand on cold days in January. Twenty-nine odor complaints were filed with the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD), but SoCalGas points out that fenceline data from eight pairs of monitors showed normal background levels of airborne pollutants during that time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No health study is yet underway, in part because of disputes between public officials and SoCalGas about any study's scope and cost. But that's changing. On Wednesday, the AQMD settled a civil lawsuit against SoCalGas for $8.5 million, which includes $1 million for a health investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a release from the AQMD, that will include “an enhanced assessment of residents' exposure to air pollution from the leak; a community health survey; and an analysis of potential associations between reported health effects and exposure to air pollutants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"audio","attributes":{"named":{"src":"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2017/02/2017-02-10c-tcr.mp3","image":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/AlisoProtest-800x533.jpg","title":"Porter Ranch Doctor Calls for Independent Health Study of Gas Leak","program":"The California Report","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health -- a potential partner in the AQMD’s effort -- seeks a multiyear, multimillion-dollar study, says Angelo Bellomo, the county’s director of environmental health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whether this facility stays closed forever, or whether it resumes operation, having the kind of study we’re talking about is the only way this community will have closure to their health concerns and needs,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bellomo notes that it will take $12-13 million to fund a multiyear, \"meaningful study\" for the residents of Porter Ranch.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Is a 'Root-Cause Analysis' Necessary?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Residents say they’re also waiting for someone to investigate the root cause of the natural gas blowout. On the first night of two public meetings, members of the activist group Save Porter Ranch seized control of the public meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calen McGee, the facilitator hired by the state to run the meeting, said, “You’re stopping this meeting,” and “Stop that,” as members of the audience chanted, “We are the public! We are the public!” and “Let them speak! Let them speak!”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"826998046860795907"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>A leader of Save Porter Ranch, Matt Pakucko, vented his frustration through a bullhorn once his microphone was cut off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you cannot absolutely state, with the root-cause analysis completed, what caused the blowout, then you cannot claim that this facility is safe,” Pakucko shouted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Henry Stern has introduced a bill to require that analysis to be completed before the gas field reopens. Some Republican lawmakers and U.S. Sen. 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Based on that, they are setting some strict conditions for Southern California Gas Co. to reopen the underground field that blew a huge leak in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For starters, the field may hold only about one-third as much gas as it did before the leak, according to a statement Tuesday from the state Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency said Tuesday that it would hold public hearings in February before deciding whether to let Southern California Gas Co. resume storage of natural gas at its Aliso Canyon facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"kKuFvFvsfKCMYrRzzWIdPQ4uMNWeRND0\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The underground Aliso Canyon gas storage field near Porter Ranch has the capacity to hold 83 billion cubic feet, the statement said, but the amount of gas the company could put into the field available for delivery to customers would be limited to a maximum 29 billion cubic feet. That is in addition to an amount of gas necessary to maintain minimum pressure on the field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less gas in the field means it would operate at lower pressure levels. That lower pressure translates into less stress on the gas field's aging, but recently overhauled, wells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aliso Canyon, the region's largest underground gas storage field, has been closed since a gas well disastrously blew out in October 2015. The leak drove 8,000 families from their homes and led to mass complaints of nosebleeds, nausea, headaches and other maladies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At its peak, the leak \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/02/25/study-porter-ranch-gas-leak-doubled-l-a-s-methane-emissions/\" target=\"_blank\">doubled the methane emissions rate\u003c/a> for the entire Los Angeles basin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California regulators recorded video of the moment in February 2016 when the leak was sealed (the gas is invisible to the naked eye, but can be viewed on infrared camera):\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT9w1y72I6M\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A two-part meeting held by regulators will take public input on new conditions that could be imposed on field owner Southern California Gas Co.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The meeting will be from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on both Wednesday, Feb. 1, and Thursday, Feb. 2, at the Hilton Woodland Hills. The public may also submit comments about reopening and operating the gas field to Alisocomments@conservation.ca.gov.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Public Utilities Commission will make a decision whether to reopen the field following analysis of public comment. That process could take weeks or months, officials have said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SoCal Gas has been under orders to repair or improve aging wells at what is the largest natural gas storage facility in the West.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state says less than a third of reworked wells now pass the rigorous tests required after the blowout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The risk of the aging wells to rupturing in an earthquake on the nearby Santa Susanna Fault was an open question at the Aliso Canyon gas field, one that merited further study, according to a letter signed by six representatives of the Sandia, Lawrence Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore national labs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They said that while it’s common for scientists to study how buildings and other structures hold up during earthquakes, little is known about the risk to wells like those at Aliso Canyon. The field has 114 wells that were sunk 9,000 feet into the earth in the 1940s. Of those wells, 34 have been overhauled to replace the inner tubing, and the rest have been temporarily plugged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Henry Stern introduced a bill Tuesday that would stop SoCal Gas from resuming gas injections until an independent state-ordered investigation into the root cause of the gas well blowout is completed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If we don’t know what went wrong, how can we prevent it from happening again?” the Canoga Park Democrat said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Regulators have completed a safety review of the gas storage facility where a blowout spewed methane for nearly four months — and they're setting strict conditions for its reopening.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1484777758,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":20,"wordCount":637},"headData":{"title":"Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Field Could Reopen After Public Hearings | KQED","description":"Regulators have completed a safety review of the gas storage facility where a blowout spewed methane for nearly four months — and they're setting strict conditions for its reopening.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Field Could Reopen After Public Hearings","datePublished":"2017-01-18T21:38:01.000Z","dateModified":"2017-01-18T22:15:58.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11275468 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11275468","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/18/aliso-canyon-natural-gas-field-could-reopen-after-public-hearings/","disqusTitle":"Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Field Could Reopen After Public Hearings","source":"KPCC","sourceUrl":"http://www.scpr.org/","nprByline":"KPCC Staff with Associated Press","path":"/news/11275468/aliso-canyon-natural-gas-field-could-reopen-after-public-hearings","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>State oil and gas regulators say they completed a safety review of a Los Angeles gas storage facility where a blowout \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/porter-ranch/\" target=\"_blank\">spewed methane for nearly four months\u003c/a>. 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