LEWISTON – Avista Utilities says the company was alerted to an incident impacting the Williams Pipeline natural gas system between the cities of Pullman and Colfax. A gas line was reportedly hit by an excavator north of Pullman just past noon on Wednesday.
According to Avista, the Williams Pipeline is one of several natural gas pipeline companies that Avista contracts with for the wholesale transportation of natural gas.
Avista says the incident is expected to have downstream impacts on the ability to serve natural gas customers in the Lewiston, Clarkston, Albion, Pullman and Palouse areas. The company did not offer any timeline to potential outages.
“As a result of this incident, for safety reasons and due to expected low gas pressure, Avista crews will likely have to disconnect gas service to impacted customers,” says an Avista press release.
“Avista is working with Williams Pipeline and the incident command team to understand their planned restoration efforts and to assess the potential severity of impacts to the Avista system. Avista will provide additional information regarding impacts to customers as more information becomes available,” says the release.
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