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San Bruno pipeline explosion: 'A failure of the entire system'

San Bruno pipeline explosion: 'A failure of the entire system'

Federal panel's report blames PG&E for last year's deadly gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, but other agencies come in for criticism too. In a scathing critique, federal investigators blamed Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for what one official called "baffling" mistakes that led to a gas pipeline explosion last September that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes in the Bay Area last year.

 

Exploded gas pipeline wasn't on high-risk list

Exploded gas pipeline wasn't on high-risk list

A vintage segment of gas pipeline that exploded earlier this month was not on a list of the Pacific Gas & Electric's top 100 risky pipeline segments, the president of the company said.

 

PG&E had received OK to repair pipeline near San Bruno, but work was never done

PG&E had received OK to repair pipeline near San Bruno, but work was never done

State regulators in 2007 gave Pacific Gas and Electric Co. the go-ahead to spend $5 million of ratepayer money to replace a 62-year-old section of the same pipeline that exploded last week in San Bruno.

 

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