On January 11, four California State senators introduced bills to enact an immediate moratorium on any new injections of natural gas and the use of vintage wells (SB 875), to ensure that SoCal Gas will pay housing, relocation and emergency response costs and prohibit the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) from allocating those costs to ratepayers, and that it will pay the costs to mitigate the greenhouse gas emissions from its utility profits (SB 876).
”1月11日，四名加州参议员提交一项旨在通过一项立即暂停任何新注入的天然气和使用老式油井（SB 875）法律的法案，以确保公司支付住房、拆迁和应急费用，禁止加州公用事业委员会（California Public Utilities Commission）把那些费用分摊给纳税人，让公司支付费用，以减轻其效用利润（SB 876）带来的温室气体排放。