Issue link: http://www.epageflip.net/i/33100
8A Daily News – Thursday, June 2, 2011
We Apologize. There are no excuses when it comes to safety.
As the top leaders at PG&E, we want you to know how deeply sorry we are about last year’s tragic explosion on our pipeline in San Bruno.
Federal investigators report that the explosion occurred when a faulty longitudinal seam weld ruptured along a section of pipeline installed in 1956. Contributing factors are still being determined.
We are making major improvements in the operations of our gas system, and we want you to know about them.
Since last year, we have taken many steps to make PG&E’s operations as safe as you rightly expect them to be. So far, we have:
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