SoCalGas Announces Project to Promote Long-Term Service Reliability in City of Bakersfield, City of Shafter and Kern County
LOS ANGELES, November 27, 2017 – Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) announced it will install a new seven-mile section of a natural gas pipeline in Kern County beginning on Wednesday, Nov. 29. The $29 million modernization project will enhance the reliability of SoCalGas’ natural gas pipeline system that serves homes, businesses and critical facilities in the Southern San Joaquin Valley. The project is expected to be completed in April 2018.
Demand for natural gas in Kern County has grown in recent decades and continues to increase. The new pipeline will connect two existing pipelines to