Storage capacity increase approved for Aliso Canyon natural gas facility

The storage facility -- site of 2015-16 leak that grew to the worst of its kind in U.S. history -- has been operating since 2018 at about 50% of capacity. The commission voted Thursday to increase the facility's allowable storage to roughly 41 billion cubic feet, or Bcf, roughly 60% of the current 68.6 Bcf capacity.