Two natural gas providers doing work in southern Maine agreed to pay penalties to resolve likely safety violations.
The Bangor Daily News reported that the Maine Public Utilities Commission approved the agreements Tuesday with Unitil and Maine Natural Gas.
Unitil agreed to pay $7,500 and make changes to its inspection process for critical valves on its distribution pipelines, and Maine Natural Gas agreed to pay a $5,000 penalty for not keeping records of gas leak surveys in seven southern Maine communities from 2012 to 2014, the paper reported.