Southern California Gas Co

California gas utility fined $10M for ratepayer money misuse

A major California gas utility must pay a nearly $10 million fine and reimburse customers for money it improperly spent related to the development of more energy efficient building codes.

FILE - Crews from SoCalGas and outside experts work on a relief well to be connected to a leaking well at the Aliso Canyon facility above the Porter Ranch area of Los Angeles, on Dec. 9. 2015. Los Angeles County public health officials are seeking independent researchers to study the short- and long-term effects of the nation's largest known natural gas leak on the health of people who lived in nearby communities. The county Department of Public Health announced the request for proposals in a statement Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. (Dean Musgrove/Los Angeles Daily News via AP, Pool, File)

Study to target health impact of massive California gas leak

FILE - This Jan. 12, 2017, file photo shows gas gathering plant on a hilltop at the Southern California Gas Company's Aliso Canyon storage facility near the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles. Attorneys for families sickened and forced from their Los Angeles homes after the nation's largest-known natural gas leak have reached a $1.8 billion settlement with the utility. The settlement announced Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, with Southern California Gas Co. and its parent company will compensate 35,000 plaintiffs from the 2015 blowout that took nearly four months to contain. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Gas blowout near Los Angeles leads to up to $1.8B settlement

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2016, file photo, SoCalGas CEO Dennis Arriola takes questions from the media during the announcement that the Porter Ranch gas leak has been permanently sealed during a news conference in Chatsworth, Calif. An investigation into the cause of the largest-known release of methane in the U.S. faults a California utility for the way it maintained its natural gas storage field before the massive 2015 blowout. The report released Friday, MAY 17, 2019, by the California Public Utilities Commission says Southern California Gas Co. did not assess its wells for disaster potential and did not investigate previous ruptures. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Utility, regulatory failures led to biggest US gas leak