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Gas Line Repair in Minnesota

Across the 59 Minnesota towns we route calls in, 77% of households are on mains gas and 2% on bottled or tank propane. Those are two different arrangements with two different answers about who owns the pipe.

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Minnesota runs 77% mains gas against 2% tank propane across the 59 covered towns. The difference decides ownership: a meter outlet marks where the utility's responsibility stops, and a tank installation is the owner's throughout.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey table B25040; the service line boundary is 49 CFR § 192.3.

GaslineSafe is a referral service, not a contractor and not an emergency service. If you suspect a leak, leave and call 911 and your gas utility — not us. Otherwise we connect homeowners with independent contractors. Contractors are required to hold whatever credential their state or municipality demands, and gas work is separately licensed in most of them; every state page sets out who licenses plumbers there and where to check. We carry out no work, we do not set prices, and we never charge homeowners anything — the contractors in our network pay us when we route them a call.

If you smell gas right now

Leave the building on foot. Do not use a phone or a light switch inside. Call 911 and your gas utility from somewhere else — not us. The full list, in order.

Source: PHMSA, Pipeline Leak Recognition and What to Do.

How Minnesota is supplied

Households in Minnesota	Share	Homes
Utility (mains) gas	77%	962,804
Bottled or tank propane	2%	28,276

Weighted across 1,248,840 occupied homes. The spread inside the state is the point: Dayton is highest on mains at 93%, and Randolph has the largest propane share at 46%. A state figure describes neither.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25040 (house heating fuel), 2023 release. B25040 records what heats the house, which is the best available guide to whether a property has mains gas or a tank — it does not count service lines directly.

The two arrangements, and why the difference is not cosmetic

Of the 59 towns we route in here, 56 are mostly on mains gas, 3 have a substantial propane share, 0 are split between the two and 0 use very little gas of any kind.

On a mains connection, 49 CFR § 192.3 ends the regulated service line at "the outlet of the customer meter or at the connection to a customer’s piping, whichever is further downstream" — so part of the system is the operator’s. On propane there is no service line and no meter boundary, and the whole installation is the property owner’s.

Source: 49 CFR § 192.3, via PHMSA interpretation PI-12-0003.

Before anyone digs, anywhere in Minnesota

PHMSA describes excavation damage as the leading cause of pipeline incidents, and puts a caller’s chance of avoiding one at 99 percent. 8-1-1 is nationwide, toll-free and free to use. Ask what they will and will not mark — privately owned buried line frequently is not.

Source: PHMSA, 811 Day.

Checking a plumber in Minnesota

Minnesota licenses are issued by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins. The Minnesota lookup also shows bond status and any enforcement action.

Gas work is separately permitted and separately licensed in most jurisdictions, so ask specifically about gas rather than plumbing in general.

Towns we route in Minnesota

Andover 90% mains · 1% propane
Anoka 80% mains · 3% propane
Belle Plaine 67% mains · 19% propane
Bethel 88% mains · 3% propane
Burnsville 77% mains · 1% propane
Carver 76% mains · 8% propane
Cedar 84% mains · 8% propane
Champlin 87% mains · 2% propane
Chanhassen 85% mains · 1% propane
Chaska 77% mains · 4% propane
Circle Pines 86% mains · 2% propane
Cologne 55% mains · 33% propane
Cottage Grove 84% mains · 1% propane
Dayton 93% mains · 0% propane
Eden Prairie 83% mains · 1% propane
Elko New Market 79% mains · 7% propane
Excelsior 83% mains · 2% propane
Farmington 83% mains · 5% propane
Forest Lake 72% mains · 6% propane
Hamburg 42% mains · 28% propane
Hamel 75% mains · 11% propane
Hampton 46% mains · 43% propane
Hastings 76% mains · 8% propane
Hopkins 70% mains · 1% propane
Hugo 82% mains · 3% propane
Inver Grove Heights 83% mains · 1% propane
Jordan 76% mains · 9% propane
Lake Elmo 80% mains · under 1% propane
Lakeville 84% mains · 4% propane
Long Lake 83% mains · 5% propane
Maple Grove 89% mains · 2% propane
Maple Plain 64% mains · 14% propane
Mayer 70% mains · 14% propane
Minneapolis 76% mains · 2% propane
Minnetonka 86% mains · 1% propane
Mound 79% mains · 2% propane
New Germany 41% mains · 37% propane
New Prague 79% mains · 5% propane
Newport 76% mains · 1% propane
Norwood Young America 56% mains · 25% propane
Osseo 83% mains · 2% propane
Prior Lake 82% mains · 3% propane
Randolph 36% mains · 46% propane
Rogers 75% mains · 4% propane
Rosemount 86% mains · 2% propane
Saint Bonifacius 87% mains · 8% propane
Saint Francis 73% mains · 12% propane
Saint Paul 74% mains · 2% propane
Saint Paul Park 77% mains · 8% propane
Savage 85% mains · 1% propane
Shakopee 81% mains · 3% propane
South Saint Paul 80% mains · 1% propane
Spring Park 48% mains · 1% propane
Stillwater 81% mains · 2% propane
Victoria 88% mains · 3% propane
Waconia 77% mains · 6% propane
Watertown 68% mains · 15% propane
Wayzata 82% mains · under 1% propane
Young America 57% mains · 25% propane

For repair work, not for a suspected leak.If you can smell gas, leave and call 911 or your utility from outside; this is the wrong number for that. For everything else — a line, a meter, an appliance connection — we will route you to a contractor covering your area, free of charge to you. Gas work heads this site; other plumbing is handled too.

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