Critical importance of contractor qualification, documentation, and oversight in gas system work.

(PHMSA) announced it has transmitted a notice to the Federal Register that rescinds an Advisory Bulletin issued by the Biden administration concerning the provisions in Section 114 of the “Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2020” (2020 PIPES Act).

PUC mandates a focused effort to identify and replace older plastic pipe materials—particularly those installed before 1982—that have been linked to brittle-like cracking and sudden failures.

On April 9, 2025, tragedy struck Lexington, Missouri, when a gas explosion claimed the life of 5-year-old Alistair Lamb and severely...