In what the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission calls a “landmark” settlement, Philadelphia Gas Works will offer free methane detectors to all customers as an “early warning system” to help prevent dangerous explosions from its aging infrastructure. PGW has committed to spend up to $800,000 on the pilot project, which the PUC says is the first of its kind in the nation. The settlement stems from the December 2019 house explosion on the 1400 block of S. 8th Street in South Philadelphia that killed two people, required the evacuation of 60 residents, and caused an estimated $1.4 million in property damage.
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