Many events that have taken place recently such as the much widely noted BP oil spill in the gulf have brought out questions about the safety in the energy industry.
Recently a natural gas explosion in Northern California devastated a whole neighborhood which has forced the state to take a good look at the oversight and safety of all pipelines, as this wasn't an isolated incident. There have been many pipeline leaks and utilities cited for low scored in California but minimal disciplinary action has been taken to fix it.
These plants can't control everything that happens but they can control how they handle it. Also the state needs to deal with them and raise the standard of safety because over the past decade, reportable incidents for California utilities have continued rising.
This is only one state but the trend is all throughout the industry. People should not have to worry about their neighborhoods and their own lives being destroyed because workers aren't doing their job correctly and the government isn't making sure they do. The BP oil spill in the gulf caused detriment to a whole region of the country because of the way it was handled, as well as many other factors.
Hopefully the federal government gets involved in California if the state government cannot handle it alone because things must get better and hopefully this puts the spotlight on energy safety everywhere.
-Tyler Collins
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