Pacific Gas & Electric is responsible for the gas line which exploded in a San Bruno subdivision, leading to the destruction of over two dozen homes and the deaths of at least seven people. Reports are coming in, and Advocacy groups say that PG&E didn't do a thorough enough inspection of the line that exploded.
William
Marcus was an expert witness that supplied testimony to the California
Public utilities commission, which bore the subtitle "Gas Leaks, Gas
Leaks Everywhere." In
the report, Marcus notes that Pacific Gas & Electric hadn't been
forthright about their inspection record, claiming the company “is afraid of negligence lawsuits in the event of explosions due to previously undetected leaks.”
Among the issues he noted were poor training of inspectors and outright falsification of results.
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