A new program from UGI aims to convince owners of older homes to install an inexpensive safety valve to prevent fires or explosions. It's called the excess flow valve. "It's a safety device that is ...

The US Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued a final rule on Oct. 7 for excess flow valves on new and replaced distribution pipelines. The final ...

The rule becomes effective in April 2017. Excess flow valves were already required for new and replaced single-family residence gas service supply lines, according to NTSB.

The National Transportation Safety Board and other safety advocates have pressed for years to broaden requirements for so-called excess flow valves. The devices cost about $30 apiece for residential ...

DANVILLE — If you are about to remodel your house in Danville, you will need to add one more project to your fix-it list: earthquake-proofing your home gas lines. As of July 1, a new townwide ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – After a gas explosion killed two people at a Minneapolis school in 2017, a state agency is discussing plans to help prevent it from happening again. The Minnesota Public Utilities ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — New or replaced gas service lines for hundreds of thousands of apartments and small businesses across the U.S. must be equipped with inexpensive safety valves starting next year ...

Flow is controlled by either throttling or diverting it. Throttling involves reducing orifice size until all of the flow cannot pass through the orifice; bypassing involves routing part of the flow ...