Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), a California utility company, recently announced that it has completed another significant safety recommendation issued by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
The NTSB granted PG&E “closed acceptable action” status for installing the recommended number of automatic and remote control shut-off valves on its gas transmission lines. PG&E has now satisfied 11 of the 12 safety recommendations made by the NTSB for improving the operations and management of its natural gas pipeline system.
Automatic and remote control shut-off valves improve PG&E’s ability to quickly turn off the flow of gas in the event of a significant change in pressure. PG&E crews have installed 235 automatic and remote controlled valves since 2011. Remote controlled valves can be opened or closed with the push of a button from PG&E’s state-of-the-art gas control center in San Ramon.