Natural gas to be restored to the region, at the latest for some areas by next Tues. Nov. 14 - KLEW

Natural gas to be restored to the region, at the latest for some areas by next Tues. Nov. 14 | KLEW

PULLMAN, Wash. – Avista leadership announced Friday morning, that natural gas service will be restored in the region in five days, with Tuesday, Nov. 14 expected as the completion date.

Avista’s Vice President of Energy Delivery Josh DiLuciano explains how they reached this point.

"Yesterday morning we sent over 240 personnel down here to start the shut-off process while back in Spokane we started to work a plan of how we do the relight once the gas was available,” DiLuciano said.

The relighting process will be done in order.

The affected areas, Albion, Clarkston, Pullman, Moscow, Lewiston, Troy/Deary/Bovill, Genesee/Uniontown/Colton have been divided into five zones.

The zone assigned marks which sections of the pipe system can be relit first.

Follow this link to look at the map and adjoining schedule for relighting, for each of the above listed areas.

These zones are determined by the geography of the natural gas system, meaning two houses close to each other might not be in the same zone.

"There can be neighbors that are served from different parts of the pipe system, so we need to wait until we get to that next area, get that pipe pressurized and ready to work," DiLuciano said.