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So now we know that in at least two places in California, power companies didn't report leaks. This most recent one is much smaller, but as you joke about, havi

So now we know that in at least two places in California, power companies didn't report leaks. This most recent one is much smaller, but as you joke about, having independent studies is the only thing we have. There should be a criminal policy with levels that require reporting. There should be financial and criminal penalties for not reporting.

mturmon 6y ago
The viewpoint I have heard is that most enterprises want to fix the leaks if they are informed about where they are to a high degree of specificity (e.g., ~20 meters). Then they can send a crew with detection equipment. They're trying the carrot rather than the stick for now. Anecdotally, this has worked. It's not clear, to me at least, that there should be criminal penalties for medium sized leaks like in TFA. I don't know at all what the regulations are.