The risk profile on Walnut Street, Newton, is of the “Black Swan”type: low probability, high impact. That was the risk profile of the #MerrimackValleyGasDisaster

#DPUInvestigation #WalnutStreetGasExplosion

Again, please join #AFWOG in calling for a #DPUInvestigation of the #WalnutStreetGasExplosion of 4/6/23.

#NewtonMA is not an EJ community and one could argue that scarce DPU bandwidth can’t be spared on a gas explosion risk in an affluent suburb.

I would respond that the risk under Walnut Street is a risk that is shared across the NGrid distribution service area, and what we learn from an investigation of the #WalnutStreetGasExplosion can help prevent the next #MerrimackValleyGasDisaster