California Public Utilities Code ARTICLE 2 - Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 011

• Section 955.
  (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011.(b) The commission is the state authority responsible for...
• Section 955.5.
  (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) “Gas pipeline” means an intrastate distribution line as described in paragraph (1) of, or...
• Section 956.
  (a) On or before July 1, 2012, the commission shall open an appropriate proceeding or expand the scope of an existing proceeding to establish compatible emergency...
• Section 956.5.
  Owners and operators of intrastate transmission and distribution lines, at least once each calendar year, shall meet with each local fire department having fire suppression...
• Section 957.
  (a) (1) Unless the commission determines that it is prohibited from doing so by subdivision (c) of Section 60104 of Title 49 of the United States Code,...
• Section 958.
  (a) Each gas corporation shall prepare and submit to the commission a proposed comprehensive pressure testing implementation plan for all intrastate transmission lines to either pressure...
• Section 958.5.
  (a) Twice a year, or as determined by the commission, each gas corporation shall file with the division of the commission responsible for utility safety a...
• Section 959.
  (a) A gas corporation shall not recover any fine or penalty in any rate approved by the commission.(b) Each gas corporation shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of...
• Section 960.
  (a) When the federal National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) submits a safety recommendation letter concerning gas pipeline safety to the commission, the commission shall provide the...
• Section 961.
  (a) For purposes of this section, “gas corporation workforce” means the employees of a gas corporation and employees of an independent contractor of the gas corporation...
• Section 963.
  (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) “After-meter services” includes, but is not limited to, leak investigation, inspecting customer piping and...
• Section 969.
  In any ratemaking proceeding in which the commission authorizes a gas corporation to recover expenses for the gas corporation’s transmission pipeline integrity management program established...
• Section 970.
  (a) The commission shall perform an analysis of benchmark data and adopt safety performance metrics for pipeline safety.(b) The commission shall consider the following principles when adopting...
• Section 972.
  (a) A penalty assessed against a gas corporation pursuant to this part in regards to a natural gas storage facility leak shall at least equal the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018