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City explains plan to replace aging Magma‑area gas line, citing capacity needs for new industry
Summary
Energy staff told council the city will abandon about 4 miles of 1960s-era 4‑inch pipeline in the Magma service area and replace it with a larger diameter (up to 12‑inch) line to improve pressure and serve growing residential and industrial customers (including LG and CMC Steel); funding will come from the utility capital program and be repaid by Magma customer rates.
Scott Boucher, the city's Energy and Sustainability Director, briefed the council that the city plans to abandon about four miles of old 4‑inch pipe installed in the 1960s and replace it with a larger diameter line (staff proposed upsizing to 12‑inch in places) in the Magma service territory.
Boucher said the city purchased the Magma service territory in 1979 and annual audits by the Arizona Corporation Commission found…
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