Louisville Gas and Electric Nearing Completion of 20-year Gas Main Replacement Project
Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) has announced it is completing the final steps in a gas main replacement project in Louisville, Kentucky that began more than two decades ago.
As part of the project, LG&E upgraded 540 miles of cast iron, wrought iron and bare steel pipes with more durable plastic pipes. When the company initially began construction in 1996, it wasn’t required by existing pipeline regulations at the time. However, in 2011, stricter federal distribution pipeline integrity regulations were passed that made the project necessary.
“Safety is our company’s top priority and this project is evidence of that,” John Malloy, LG&E vice president of Gas Distribution, said. “Many utilities across the country only began making these types of upgrades within the last five years. So having the foresight to put this upgrade program in place when we did has enabled us to enhance the safety of our system for our customers well in advance of our peers and allowed us to put additional infrastructure upgrade plans in place for the future.”
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