State recommends monitoring refiners’ gas use, pump prices Agencies say state should also prepare for LNG imports California is looking at capping the amount of natural gas burned by power plants this winter, exploring the potential for liquefied gas imports and monitoring oil refiners’ use of the fuel as a historic leak last year continues to threaten the state with supply shortages. The state needs to take such measures immediately to help avoid service disruptions during the winter heating season, the staffs of the state’s utilities commission, energy commission and power grid operator said in a joint report . The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power also helped prepare the plan. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration While Sempra Energy plugged a massive gas leak near Los Angeles in February, use of its Aliso Canyon complex, California’s biggest gas storage field, remains restricted. The state has warned that the […]