The PSE&G upgrade program now extends two years to replace 400 miles of aging steel and cast iron lines. 

 The Massachusetts Dept. of Public Utilities selected Dynamic Risk Assessment Systems Inc. to analyze the gas state's entire gas distribution system. 

While 45-miles of natural gas pipeline affected by a Sept. 13 gas explosion will be replaced nearly three weeks early, the restoration of full gas service will be delayed by about a month.

The Massachusetts Dept. of Public Utilities will hire an independent firm to examine the commonwealth’s natural gas distribution system in the wake of massive gas explosions in three towns north of Boston.