From: Clanon, Paul
Sent: 1/10/2011 5:59:46
PM
To:
Cherry,
Brian
K
(/0=PG&E/0U=C0RP0RATE/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=BKC7)
Cc:
Johnson,
Kirk
(/0=PG&E/0U=C0RP0RATE/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=MKJ2)
Bee: Subject:
Re: CPUC Newsclips
for Monday,
January 10 Here's
what
I
get
from
my
people. You
agree? Follows:
PG E raises the
pressure
in
transmission
lines
to
MAOP
once
every
five
years
based
on
its conservative interpretation
of
192.917(e)(4).
That code section is
not
clear
on
whether
the
maximum pressure
experienced
in
the
preceding
five
years
means the
preceding
five
years prior
to designating
the
pipeline
as HCA
fixed)
or
just
the
preceding
five
years
(moving). PG E uses
the
moving
five-year
interpretation. As of today,
PHMSA
has not
given
a
clear
interpretation
on
this.
Many
utilities
in
the
country use
the
moving
five-year
interpretation
to
be on
the
safe side.
On
Jan
10, 2011, at 5:19 PM,
Cherry,
Brian
K
<BKC7@,pge.com>
wrote:
No, I
still
think that is
true
- at
least
that is what
I heard
before.
I
think the
subtlety
that
we weren't
told by
our
operating people
is
that
it
isn't
required -
it
is
industry practice. Therefore,
if
operators
want
to
maintain MAOP at
those
levels, they
have the right
to
run
them
at
those
pressures
to
maintain the rating
-
but
aren't
required
to do
so
by law
if
they
are ok
with
a
lower
rating.
Kirk - is
that
right
?
From:
Clanon,
Paul
Sent:
Monday, January
10, 2011 5:15
PM
To:
Cherry, Brian
K
Subject:
Re:
CPUC
Newsclips
for
Monday, January
10
So
it
isn't true that
operators
have to operate
a
line
at MAOP
every
five
years
or the
MAOP
ratchets down
to
the
highest pressure experienced during
that
time?
I
think
I've heard
that from both
your
guys
and
mine.
On
Jan
10, 2011,
at
5:05
PM,
Cherry,
Brian
K
<BKC7@,pge.com>
wrote: SB
GT S
0254422
KQED News
