Columbia Gas President Mark Kempic, center, is flanked by Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera, right, and Andover, Mass. Town Manager Andrew Flanagan, left, while announcing a settlement following last year's gas explosions in three communities in the Merrimack Valley, at the Public Safety Building in Andover, Mass., Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Columbia Gas, the utility blamed for a series of natural gas explosions in Massachusetts in September 2018, has agreed to pay $80 million to Lawrence, Andover and North Andover to cover the costs of repairing roads and other infrastructure torn up during restoration efforts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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