Southern California braces for summer blackouts due to gas leak

(LA Times) State officials warned Tuesday that Southern California could experience as many as 14 days of blackouts this summer due to the massive methane leak in Aliso Canyon.

The Aliso Canyon storage facility in the hills above Porter Ranch is at one-fifth of its capacity due to a well leak that began in October. Officials said it could potentially take months to bring it back online, and in the meantime, local power plants will be without a key source of natural gas.

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