California natural gas storage levels are much lower in the north than in the south

Working natural gas inventories at storage facilities operated by the two largest natural gas distributors in California-Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) in the north and Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) in the south-totaled 100.6 billion cubic feet (Bcf) as of June 30, 2022, according to publicly available company data. Although total California inventories are 4% higher than they were one year ago, storage operation and capacity utilization vary significantly by region.