# CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP., DBA CENTERPOINT ENERGY MINNESOTA GAS — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-02-19

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20150035  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2015-02-19  
**Published:** 2015-03-19

Gas transmission and gathering incident in BLOOMINGTON, HENNEPIN County, MN. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 10 NATURAL GAS released, $37,859 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 BLOOMINGTON, HENNEPIN County, MN. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 10 NATURAL GAS released, $37,859 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: 20150035.

Operator ID: 12350.

Reported incident date: 2/19/2015 9:37.

Location detail: 131+71

Cause detail: NON-THREADED CONNECTION FAILURE

Cause detail: APPARENT CAUSE OF LEAK WAS A COUPLING GASKET DUE TO FROST LEVELS/ MOVEMENT. A GAS ODOR WAS REPORTED BY A RESIDENT IN THE AREA. CENTERPOINT ENERGY PERSONNEL RESPONDED AND FOUND A LEAK ON THE GASKET OF A STYLE 38 DRESSER COUPLING. THE SITE WAS EXCAVATED AND A WELDED COVER SLEEVE WAS INSTALLED OVER THE GASKET. THE INSTALLATION WAS COMPLETED AT 21:59 ON 2/30/15.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — NON-THREADED CONNECTION FAILURE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $54,566 reported total cost, $27,967.187 in 1984 dollars, $67,278.466 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: <https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/2b05c2d8-d14a-4c56-ac1c-7d23a4bc31c8?download=true&filename=Gas%20Transmission%20%26%20Gathering%20Incident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `e19cff0e6459cb504d8b6134c6c1176afc3d6446b24d0505e64f8529afe528ae`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T12:50:30.451Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-ffa2e7c0390d13fa64093370`

### Source metadata

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  "datasetLabel": "Gas transmission and gathering",
  "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present",
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    "supplementalNumber": "16995",
    "type": "SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL",
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  },
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```