# PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-04-13 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20150066 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2015-04-13 **Published:** 2015-05-13 Gas transmission and gathering incident in DIXON, SOLANO COUNTY County, CA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1 NATURAL GAS released, $85,000 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings. PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious. ## Document text Gas transmission and gathering incident in DIXON, SOLANO COUNTY County, CA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1 NATURAL GAS released, $85,000 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings. Report number: 20150066. Operator ID: 15007. Reported incident date: 4/13/2015 11:13. Location detail: MP 6.71 Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY Cause detail: NOTIFICATION ISSUE Cause detail: NO NOTIFICATION MADE TO THE ONE-CALL CENTER/811 Cause detail: AT 1113 HOURS ON APRIL 13, 2015, PG&E WAS NOTIFIED OF A LEAK NEAR MAINE PRAIRIE ROAD AND ROBBEN ROAD IN DIXON. A PG&E GAS SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE (GSR) ARRIVED ON SCENE AT 1150 HOURS. A THIRD-PARTY DIG-IN OCCURRED ON PG&E'S TRANSMISSION LINE L-220 AT MILEPOINT (MP) 6.71 THAT RESULTED IN AN UNINTENTIONAL RELEASE OF GAS. THE THIRD-PARTY, GLI-CO FARMS, OPERATED A GRADER AND STRUCK PG&E'S TRANSMISSION LINE. THE THIRD PARTY DID NOT CALL USA. AT 1622 HOURS, GAS WAS SHUT IN BY ISOLATING A PORTION OF THE LINE. NO CUSTOMERS LOST GAS SERVICE AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ON SCENE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES AND NO IGNITION AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. AT 2245 HOURS ON APRIL 13, 2015, THE PIPELINE ENGINEER REPORTED THAT THIS INCIDENT WILL LIKELY EXCEED $50,000 IN DAMAGES AND THEREFORE IT WAS REPORTED TO THE CPUC AND DOT. LESS THAN 3 MMCF OF GAS WAS UNINTENTIONALLY RELEASED DURING THE INCIDENT. (PLEASE NOTE THE RESPONSE TO PART C, QUESTION 6 SHOULD BE "1MM BY 1MM" INSTEAD.) PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE. PHMSA indexed costs: $87,150 reported total cost, $44,635.225 in 1984 dollars, $107,461.105 in current-year dollars. PHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings. ## Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents` - SHA-256: `fe72eeb1b7500a602d3e58d4634812fe4f4069e1568bcce0a439cab0b4ef5268` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-25T16:02:12.987Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-25b63d4b9b7c953b787850dd` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "gas_transmission_gathering", "datasetLabel": "Gas transmission and gathering", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20150066", "supplementalNumber": "16758", "type": "ORIGINAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2015-05-13", "receivedDateRaw": "5/13/2015" }, "operator": { "id": "15007", "name": "PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO" }, "incident": { "date": "2015-04-13", "dateRaw": "4/13/2015 11:13" }, "location": { "city": "DIXON", "county": "SOLANO COUNTY", "state": "CA", "postalCode": "95620", "latitude": 38.3368, "longitude": -121.78997, "type": "PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY", "details": { "DESIGNATED_NAME": "MP 6.71" }, "facilityName": "L-220" }, "cause": { "category": "EXCAVATION DAMAGE", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY", "ROOT_CAUSE_CATEGORY": "NOTIFICATION ISSUE", "ROOT_CAUSE_TYPE": "NO NOTIFICATION MADE TO THE ONE-CALL CENTER/811", "NARRATIVE": "AT 1113 HOURS ON APRIL 13, 2015, PG&E WAS NOTIFIED OF A LEAK NEAR MAINE PRAIRIE ROAD AND ROBBEN ROAD IN DIXON. A PG&E GAS SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE (GSR) ARRIVED ON SCENE AT 1150 HOURS. A THIRD-PARTY DIG-IN OCCURRED ON PG&E'S TRANSMISSION LINE L-220 AT MILEPOINT (MP) 6.71 THAT RESULTED IN AN UNINTENTIONAL RELEASE OF GAS. THE THIRD-PARTY, GLI-CO FARMS, OPERATED A GRADER AND STRUCK PG&E'S TRANSMISSION LINE. THE THIRD PARTY DID NOT CALL USA. AT 1622 HOURS, GAS WAS SHUT IN BY ISOLATING A PORTION OF THE LINE. NO CUSTOMERS LOST GAS SERVICE AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ON SCENE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES AND NO IGNITION AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. AT 2245 HOURS ON APRIL 13, 2015, THE PIPELINE ENGINEER REPORTED THAT THIS INCIDENT WILL LIKELY EXCEED $50,000 IN DAMAGES AND THEREFORE IT WAS REPORTED TO THE CPUC AND DOT. LESS THAN 3 MMCF OF GAS WAS UNINTENTIONALLY RELEASED DURING THE INCIDENT. 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