Gas

A major gas leak in Cornelius took place Tuesday afternoon when a 12-inch gas line was cut at a construction site, authorities said. The leak was contained and roads were reopened within hours.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says the nation is “over the hump” on gas shortages following a ransomware cyberattack that forced a shutdown of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline.

Nearly 70% of North Carolina's gas stations were still without fuel Thursday, as were about half the stations in South Carolina and Georgia, GasBuddy.com reported. But the situation could improve as Colonial Pipeline reported “substantial progress" in restarting the supply line.

You aren't the only one who is a little worried about the run on gasoline this week. Charlotte-area businesses that need gas to function — people who make deliveries or airlines that need fuel to operate — are making adjustments. The Charlotte Ledger's Tony Mecia talks to WFAE "Morning Edition" co-host Marshall Terry in this week's BizWorthy about that, what our return to the office might look like, and what's wrong with a garish Bojangles.

Even before fuel began flowing again after a ransomware attack, experts said any shortages were because of transportation, not supply, and they urged people not to top off their tanks.

Officially, there is no gas shortage. But a cyberattack on the pipeline that delivers 45% of gasoline to the East Coast caused panic buying of fuel Tuesday, dry gas stations in Charlotte — 71% were out of fuel by Wednesday morning — and business and government adjustments. But Colonial Pipeline said it had restarted operations Wednesday evening.

Colonial Pipeline says it has "initiated the restart" of operations at the pipeline affected by a cyberattack as a wave of panic-buying empties out many gas stations across the Southeast.

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