What the PUC? Are they doing enough to protect consumers from gasline explosions?

"A Chronicle review this month found that the PUC has not levied a single fine against PG&E over the past six years for violations of natural gas safety laws, even though the utility racked up more infractions than the rest of the state's major pipeline operators combined."

"'I have lost something irreplaceable - the love of my precious daughter,' said Rene Morales, whose 20-year-old daughter, Jessica, was killed in the explosion. 'I will never recover from this loss, ever. ... Nothing can bring her back, but I do want to be part of the solution.'"

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"As much as two-thirds of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s network of major natural gas pipelines is vulnerable to failure because it was made before 1970, using welding techniques that have been outmoded for four decades, a Chronicle investigation shows."

Read more: Welds put most of PG&E pipelines at risk of failure (includes map of problem pipelines throughout the region)