Pipeline Safety
For Your Home, Business or Farm
Natural Gas Safety
Whatever the season, here’s what you need to know to keep your home and family safe.
Understand the Dangers
While most natural gas safety rules are common sense, it's worth the effort to take a few minutes to look for ways to eliminate potential hazards.
Check Your Connections
If you have natural gas appliances, you need to know that older flexible connectors made of uncoated brass can weaken or crack over time, which could lead to a dangerous and deadly gas leak.
Call Before You Dig
Before you start any outdoor digging projects like planting a tree, installing a fence or building a deck, be sure to call 811 or your area one-call service to have underground utility lines marked.
Maintain Your Buried Piping
Do you have buried natural gas lines for a pool, workshop or other use on your property? You should know about a federal law covering the maintenance of customer-owned gas piping.
Integrity Management [PDF]
Our Integrity Management Program builds on an already comprehensive safety program by providing a process for inspecting and assessing the condition of Alliant Energy-owned natural gas pipelines and establishing a maintenance program based on best industry practices.
Keep Your Meter Clear
It's important to make sure meters remain easy to reach - quick access to your meters may be critical in an emergency.
Downloads
NOTE: All brochures and fliers are provided in Adobe Acrobat PDF format
- Do you know what’s buried in your yard?
- Sabe lo que hay enterrado en su patio?
- Natural gas safety tips
- PowerHouse: Natural Gas Safety brochure
- Corrugated Stainsless Steel Tubing (CSST) flier
- Do you know what’s buried near your farm?
Links
One-Call Centers
For Emergency Responders
To help keep our communities safe, Alliant Energy offers training to firefighters, law enforcement personnel and emergency officials throughout our service territory.
Reference Articles for Emergency Responders
Read more about responding to natural gas and electrical emergencies.
Integrity Management [PDF]
Our Integrity Management Program builds on an already comprehensive safety program by providing a process for inspecting and assessing the condition of Alliant Energy-owned natural gas pipelines and establishing a maintenance program based on best industry practices.
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Downloads/Request for Information
NOTE: All brochures and fliers are provided in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
Keep your community safe - Be prepared for natural gas emergencies
Emergency Responder training videos order request
Links
National Pipeline Mapping System
The Pipeline Emergencies Program
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Partnership for Excellence in Pipeline Safety
Northern Illinois Pipeline Association
For Contractors/Excavators
Natural Gas Safety
More than 2 million miles of pipeline safely deliver natural gas, and utility companies take many precautions to keep them safe. It’s essential to make safety around natural gas pipelines a priority with each of your projects.
Call Before You Dig
Calling 811 before you dig can be the difference between a successful project and serious accident, possibly with injuries.
Downloads
NOTE: All brochures and fliers are provided in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
Gas Service Information Manual
Links
One-Call Centers
For Public Officials
Public officials an important partner in preventing natural gas emergencies and keeping their communities safe.
Natural Gas Pipeline Safety: How to protect your community [PDF]
Our goal is to make sure public officials understand all of the preventive and protective steps we take to keep those living and working near natural gas pipelines out of harm’s way.
Integrity Management [PDF]
Our Integrity Management Program builds on an already comprehensive safety program by providing a process for inspecting and assessing the condition of Alliant Energy-owned natural gas pipelines and establishing a maintenance program based on best industry practices.
Links