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PG&E Gas Control Training and Qualification Program

About Me…

Alfred Robert Musgrove, Manager of CRM Processes and Training 20+ Years in Gas System Operations Implemented Gas Clearance Process Training for field,

engineering and control room personnel Management of CRM SCADA Alarm Database

Team consists of Gas Engineers, Operations Specialists and

Compliance Analysts

Team members are Certified Technical Trainers (CTT+), Technical Document Writers and have Lean Six training

PG&E Background

Serves approximately 15 million people throughout a 70,000-square-mile service area

Operates approximately 6,800 miles of gas transmission pipeline~ 42,000 miles of gas distribution pipeline

4.3 million natural gas customer accounts.

Deliver 970 BCF/year

Approximately 105 BCF of gas storage

Approximately 203,000 HP of compression

Gas System Operations – Safe and Reliable Operations of Transmission and Distribution 24X7

PG&E Storage – Mission Path • McDonald Island, Los Medanos

& Pleasant Creek Fields • 2010 MMcf/d withdrawal • 450 MMcf/d injection

Lodi Storage • 850 MMcf/d withdrawal • 800 MMcf/d injection

Wild Goose Storage • 1200 MMcf/d withdrawal • 650 MMcf/d injection

Gas Storage System

McDonald Island Lodi

Wild Goose

Topock

Malin

Pleasant Creek

Los Medanos

Gill Ranch

Gill Ranch • 650 MMcf/d withdrawal • 650 MMcf/d injection

Central Valley NGS • 300 MMcf/d withdrawal • 300 MMcf/d injection

Central Valley GS

Introduction

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Co-Located Control Center • Transmission • Distribution • Dispatch

Control Philosophy from Monitor and Respond to Predictive and Proactive

Front Line for Public/ Employee Safety and System Reliability

Real Time Risk Mitigation • Process • Visibility • Control

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The Three Pillars of our Gas Control Strategy

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PG&E Gas Control Roles and Control Room Structure

Control Room Structure

Sr. Manager

GTCC Manager

Senior Gas System

Coordinators

Gas System Coordinators

GTCC Supervisor

GDCC Supervisor

GDCC Supervisor

Gas System Operators

Senior Distribution Gas System Operators

Distribution Gas System Operators

• Senior Gas System Coordinator • Gas System Coordinator • Gas System Operator

Gas Control Room Roles

• Senior Distribution Gas System Operator • Distribution Gas System Operator

Transmission Distribution

• The structure of our control room is designed with efficiency in mind

• Transmission and Distribution operators are located on the North and South sides of the control center

• Gas leadership and Clearance Coordinators are situated in the back of the operation

• Communications Specialists and Planning Engineers are centrally

located between transmission and distribution to provide support

Control Room Structure

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PG&E Gas Control Evolution of Philosophy and Culture

New Control Room Training Philosophy

New Control Room Training Philosophy

Golden Rules:

• Operate the Pipeline Safely (Know your MAOPs) • Meet Minimum Pressures • Make Scheduled Rates (Volumes) • Operate System Efficiently

New Control Room Training Philosophy

“We need a training program for the operators, by the

operators…”

New Control Room Training Philosophy

Regimented Learning Objectives • Gas Basics and Fundamentals • Built with Operator Qualified Control Room Personnel, Engineering and

Maintenance Experts • Geographic-based Gas Operations System training • Operational Controls Philosophy • Alarm Philosophy and Management • Console specific role and responsibility focused • Gas system oriented training for normal, abnormal, and emergency

operating conditions • Certified Technical Trainers (CTT+) deliver instructor led training

New Control Room Training Philosophy

Task Analysis Learning Objectives

Content

Knowledge & Skill Assessments

New Control Room Training Philosophy

• Leak Scenario Training

• Lessons Learned, Simulation and Hypothetical Drills

• Situational Awareness

A Change in Culture

• No Regrets!

• Operator Involvement

• Active Communication

A Change in Culture

• Stop the Work!

• Speak up culture!

• Field Training – Boot Camp

• Corrective Action Program (CAP)

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PG&E Gas Control Training Programs

Gas Control Room - Transmission Training

ILT 1.1 SCADA Basics ILT 1.2 Process Control ILT 1.3 Alarm Management ILT 2 Gas System Overview ILT 3 Topock to Kettleman ILT 4 L400 and L401 ILT 5 Kettleman to Milpitas ILT 6 Sacramento Loop ILT 7 Hollister and Central Coast ILT 8 Stockton, Fresno and Bakersfield ILT 9 Milpitas to SF Peninsula ILT 10 North Bay North Coast ILT 11 Brentwood Antioch SP3 San Pablo ILT 12 Brentwood to Irvington

Transmission Gas System Operator (Union) • 12 Modules • 18 Month Apprenticeship

Gas System Coordinator (GSC) • 12 Modules • Gas System Coordinator Training • Advanced GSC Training

Senior GSC • 12 Modules • SGSC Training • Advanced SGSC Training

Gas Control Room – Distribution Training

DGSO-0101 Gas Basics DGSO-0102 Control Room Management DGSO-0103 Gas Systems & Operations DGSO-0104 Gas Distribution Clearances DGSO-0108 Emergency Response Basics DGSO-0105 Monitoring DGSO-0106 Gas Planning DGSO-0107 Damage Prevention DGSO-0109 System Control DGSO-0110 Remote Control

Distribution Gas System Operator - DGSO (Union) • 10 Modules • 18 Month Apprenticeship

Senior DGSO (Union) • Must have completed Apprenticeship • SDGSO Training Program – 6 Months

Advanced Gas Coordinator Programs – Major Activities

Integrated program for Gas Coordinators to become practiced in work context (post-ILT) for: • Decision making • Prioritizing/Critical thinking • Giving direction • Resolving conflict/building trust • Collaborating • Notification/Communication

Scenario Based

Learning

Build Working Relationships

Develop Leadership

and Analysis Abilities

15:42 T=10 Phone call from Bakersfield Division reporting line hit.

Initial pressure drop rates, psi/min:

MP 284 Bakersfield Tap = 12

MP 281 Kern = 50

MP 271 Rupture

MP 256 PLS-4A = 9

15:43 T=11 Remote close Bakersfield Tap MP 284.

15:44 T=12 Remote close PLS-4.

16:10 T=38 L-300A Pressure < 50 psig.

Division busy closing manual valves closer to leak.

15:32 T=0 Dig In, line rupture, MP 271

15:32 T=0 Dig In, line rupture, MP 271 Bakersfield Tap Pressure

Kern River Pressure

PLS-4A D/S Pressure

Kern River flow PGE to SOCAL

Kern River flow SOCAL to PGE

15:33 T=1 Kern River Station Backflow Alarms

0.8 Hi Hi

0.1 Hi

15:33 T=1 Kern River Station Backflow Alarm MP 281.

15:37 T=5 Kern River Station Remote Shut in

Scenario: L-300A Dig In incident November 13, 2015

Alarm

Leak and Alarm Scenario #1 Severe line rupture near Monroe, not sure which side.

1. Multiple SCADA Lo Lo alarms could occur: • Adobe = 250 psig (one alarm) • Cotati = 230 psig (one alarm) • Monroe = 200 psig (4 alarms) • Madrone = 230 psig (6 alarms) • Santa Rosa Compressor = 195 psig (2 alarms)

3. Multiple RCV alarms occur: • V-16, V-51.41, V-8 alarm at

160 psig and/or -10 psi/min. • Six RCV alarms at Madrone

might also be received. Alarm Alarm

2a. The flow meter at SR compressor should indicate whether the leak is U/S or D/S of the compressor station.

2b. Nearest U/S flow meters are at Adobe: • M-1 on16” L-21D Hi Hi = 2.7 MMSCFH. • M-3 on l2” L-21C Hi Hi = 2.7 MMSCFH.

2c. College Ave flow alarm not configured.

Leak Scenario: Severe line rupture near Monroe Station

Gas Control Room – T & D Training

• Control Room Management (49 CFR 192.631) • Gas Clearance Training • Gas Emergency Response Training • Fatigue Mitigation/Management Training

CRM Architecture

TD-4436S GSO Control Room Management TD-4436P-01 Information Management TD-4436P-02 Personnel Fatigue Mitigation TD-4436P-03 Alarm Management TD-4436P-04 Management of Pipeline Changes TD-4436P-05 Evaluating Operational Experiences TD-4436P-06 Gas T&D Training Programs

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Gas Control Operator Qualification

August 2017

Gas Control Room – Operator Qualification

Code OQ Title Task Guidance Work that CAN be performed

OQ-1202 Start / Operate / Stop Remote Compressors

The remote starting and stopping of a compressor. Requires knowledge of motor startup/shutdown, valving configuration procedures.

Start, Operate, Stop compressor remotely Gas Control

OQ-1505 Gas Control Monitor System Conditions

Active monitoring of both the gas transmission and distribution systems during normal, abnormal and emergency operating conditions.

GTCC and GDCC monitor and react to gas system conditions

OQ-1702 Remote Valve Operations The remote operation of valves on the gas transmission system.

GTCC remote valve operation. Open/Close

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Gas Control Strategy & Support Technology and Tools

August 2017

• Provides situational awareness to anyone who walks in Control Room • Shows where focus should be concentrated in event of an emergency

• Complete overview/snapshot of our system

Video Wall

• Gas Control upgraded SCADA system from Citect to Telvent based on the CFR 192.631 CRM to incorporate API 1165 “Recommended Practice for Pipeline SCADA Displays”.

• Using grayscale background, clear images for common objects and actions, and color only when necessary, the displays provide high level of situational awareness.

• Benefits of upgrading the SCADA systems provides a higher level of safety by providing better situational awareness and improving operational efficiency

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Telvent SCADA System

Alarms

•Alarm Philosophy

•Alarm Definition and Rationalization •Intelligent & compound alarming

•Rate of change alarms

EM Tool

Smart Board

TAMI

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Questions? August 2017

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Muchas Gracias! August 2017