Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 | 4:30 p.m.
Nevada and Clark County officials today ended emergency proclamations that were declared late last week after a gas pipeline in California ruptured.
In a statement Tuesday, Gov. Joe Lombardo declared an end to the state of emergency issued Friday after a leak was detected in the CalNev pipeline, which is owned by energy company Kinder Morgan and transports fuel to Nevada from California. The pipeline resumed normal operations Saturday, and Lombardo said the emergency declaration was ended once all locales affected by the leak could confirm fuel transport and supply had fully returned to normal.
An official for Clark County, the largest of Nevada’s 17 counties and home to roughly 75% of the state’s population, said in a statement Tuesday it had ended its own emergency declaration now that fuel deliveries have largely returned to normal. The county also credited other county governments and the state for the multiagency response.
“It is our understanding that deliveries of fuel from this pipeline are occurring to retailers across our region, though some catch-up is likely occurring,” county spokeswoman Jennifer Cooper said in a release. “Clark County officials will continue to monitor the situation without the emergency declaration in place.”
Kinder Morgan told CNN Sunday it had isolated the source of the pipeline leak to a station in Long Beach, Calif. Though officials locally and federally warned consumers of panic-buying gasoline, fuel prices soared over the weekend.
According to AAA, the current average price for a gallon of gas in Clark County today is $4.17, up from the $4.01-per-gallon average the same time last week.
The nationwide average for a gallon of gas is $3.41, according to the AAA price index.
