Hey, Shovel-Ready Projects -- Natural Gas Pipelines

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Three of California's largest utilities are asking customers to help pay for nearly $4 billion in pipeline safety projects needed after last year's deadly San Bruno disaster.

Power companies and private operators across the nation are racing to improve the safety of about 150,000 miles of natural gas pipelines built before 1970 — about half of all gas transmission lines in the United States.

And increased utility costs to pay for more expensive and redundant wind power, and to some extent, solar power.