Fact Sheet February 2008

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1 i Gas Utility Operations Best Practices Program Follow-up Conference Fact Sheet February 2008 Program Agenda Meeting will occur at the office of Integrys Energy Group 130 East Randolph Street, Chicago, IL Meeting Rooms Cambridge and Northwestern Training Rooms, 21 st Floor Program Description: Best Practices Program participants will meet to discuss the results of the data collected for Emergency Response, Public Awareness, Company Profile and System Reliability. Companies identified as having leading or unique practices will give brief (5-10 minutes) presentations outlining their company practices and procedures that have attributed to their operational success. Meeting participants will select companies they would like to hear in more detail at the upcoming roundtables. Prior to the Follow-up Conference, there will be a topical workshop focused on Safety Culture. Thursday, June 13, :00 am Event Registration and Continental Breakfast Safety Culture Workshop This workshop will feature presentations from gas utilities describing practices implemented to promote and sustain a safe working environment. 8:00 am Welcome and Opening Remarks Edward Doerk, Vice President, Corporate Gas Standardization Programs Integrys Energy Group 8:05 am Meeting Introduction and Objectives Nneka Assing, Director, Engineering Services American Gas Association Overview of Safety Culture Workshop Review workshop agenda and AGA antitrust guidelines 8:15 am Responding to Sewer Cross Bores Issues in Minnesota Daniel J. Woehrle, PE, Manager, Gas System Engineering Xcel Energy, Inc. Following a February 2010 sewer cross bore incident, Xcel Energy implemented a comprehensive program to address the issue. This presentation will discuss the changes made to construction processes used to reduce the risks from new installations, review the company s legacy installation inspection program, and touch on communications used for increasing awareness of the cross bore issue. Page 1 of 6

2 Thursday, June 13, 2013 (continued) 8:55 am Stretching Program to Reduce Strain-Sprain Injuries Angela Ahmad, Manager, Safety Field Services PECO Energy 9:35 am Morning Break PECO Energy has had a formal stretching program for about 10 years. They work with a vendor who performs field observations and coaching for line employees. The presentation will discuss the company s approach of supplementing educational consoles with field coaching and providing feedback to line leadership. PECO Energy has been evolving the program to try to stay ahead of the soft tissue injury issue. 9:50 am Safety Improvement Concepts Jewel Currie, Director, Transportation, Health & Safety We Energies We Energies earned the AGA Safety Achievement Award this year for experiencing the lowest DART incidence rate among large local distribution gas utilities. We Energies will discuss the safety policies and practices that helped it to achieve such an outstanding performance. 10:25 am Dominion Safety Programs Changing the Culture Joseph Patten, Manager, Gas Safety & Training Dominion East Ohio Dominion Hope Gas and Dominion East Ohio Gas both earned AGA Safety Achievement awards in 2012 for achieving the lowest DART (Days Away from work, Restricted or Transferred) incidence rate in medium-small local distribution company and very large local distribution company categories respectively. This presentation will discuss the key safety initiatives at Dominion that has contributed to Dominion s successful safety record. 11:00 am Transforming Your Safety Culture Using Six Sigma Tools Mike Williamsen Ph.D, CSP, Senior Consultant Caterpillar Safety Services, Caterpillar Inc. Changing your safety culture starts with a diagnosis a reality check of what all levels of the organization truly believe to be strengths and weaknesses. Once armed with data that goes well beyond observations and incident figures, now you re ready to establish well defined priorities, form internallyled Continuous Improvement teams, and provide the tools to break through the status quo. Page 2 of 6

3 Thursday, June 13, 2013 (continued) Transforming Your Safety Culture Using Six Sigma Tools (cont.) This presentation demonstrates how to apply simple, highly effective, nonmathematical tools that energize the organization to relentlessly pursue a zero-incident safety culture. Attendees will hear examples of who, what, when, and how to initiate a proven approach for sustainable safety excellence. 11:50 am Overview of AGA s Safety Management System Andrew Lu, Managing Director Operations & Engineering Services American Gas Association 12:00 pm Lunch AGA is implementing a Peer-to-Peer Review pilot program for member companies to conduct peer-to-peer safety reviews. One of the focus areas of the Peer-to-to Peer Review is Safety Management Systems. The overview will discuss what the Safety Management Systems review will entail Follow-up Conference (Open Only to AGA Operations Best Practices Program Participants) 1:00 pm Welcome and Introduction Scott Edgerton, Director - Energy Delivery Support New Jersey Natural Gas Discuss format and objectives of the Follow-up Conference 1:10 pm Overview of Best Practices Program Nneka Assing, AGA Overview of AGA Best Practices Program, data reports and graphs Review meeting materials 1:25 pm Emergency Response Data Review and Company Presentations Scott Edgerton, New Jersey Natural Gas Meeting attendees will review the final data report and graphs to identify general trends. The topic task group leader will note the factors that should be taken into account when performing analysis with the benchmarking data. Companies that were identified as leading performers or having a unique process or technology will provide brief presentations touching on the practices and procedures that enabled them to achieve a high level of performance and improve efficiency. Two companies will be selected to provide more detail at the Emergency Response Best Practices Roundtable. Page 3 of 6

4 Thursday, June 13, 2013 (continued) Emergency Response Data Review and Company Presentations (cont.) 2:45 pm Afternoon Break Companies confirmed to give presentations: Southwest Gas Corporation, Central Hudson Gas & Electric, Nicor Gas, Consolidated Edison of NY, Michigan Gas Utilities 3:00 pm Public Awareness Data Review and Company Presentations Lance Andrews, Atmos Energy Matthew Helmers, Southwest Gas Meeting attendees will review the final data report and graphs to identify general trends. The topic task group leader will note the factors that should be taken into account when performing analysis with the benchmarking data. Companies that were identified as leading performers or having a unique process or technology will provide brief presentations touching on the practices and procedures that enabled them to achieve a high level of performance and improve efficiency. Meeting attendees will select the six companies which they would like to hear in more detail at the Public Awareness Best Practices Roundtable. Companies confirmed to give presentations: Atmos Energy Corporation, Southern California Gas, Consumers Energy, Northern Indiana Public Service Company, Southwest Gas Corporation, Peoples Natural Gas, National Grid, Pacific Gas & Electric, Xcel Energy 4:30 pm System Reliability Data Review Barbara Kaiser, Lead Regulatory Compliance Specialist Duke Energy Corporation Company Profile Data Review 5:10 pm Adjourn for the day; resume the following day at 8:30 am Jeannine Beran, Principal Planning Analyst Baltimore Gas & Electric Company 5:30 pm Cocktail Reception The Plaza area of Park Grill at Millennium Park The Plaza area of Park Grill is an outdoor area that will be covered with tents, right across the street from the Prudential building where Integrys is located. Address is 11 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL Friday, June 14, :15 am Continental Breakfast Page 4 of 6

5 Friday, June 14, 2013 (continued) 8:30 am Utilizing Benchmarking Data and Best Practices for Internal Analysis and Process Improvement 9:45 am Morning Break Companies will describe how they utilize information gleaned from Operations Best Practices Program in their decision-making process and improving operational performance. Piedmont Natural Gas, CenterPoint Energy, Baltimore Gas & Electric, Consolidated Edison Co. of NY, Public Service Electric & Gas, DTE Gas Company 10:00 am Utilizing Benchmarking Data and Best Practices for Internal Analysis and Process Improvement (continued) 10:30 am AGA Operations Best Practices Program - Dates and locations for 2013 roundtables Developing comprehensive survey for annual benchmarking Topics for 2014 Program and volunteers for data packet and questionnaire development AGA Best Practices Program Disclaimer and Copyright Notice Future topics to be benchmarked Suggestions for program improvement 11:15 am Closing Remarks and Adjourn 11:30 am Steering Committee Meeting (for Steering Committee Members only) 1:00 pm Steering Committee Meeting adjourns Page 5 of 6

6 AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION ANTITRUST COMPLIANCE GUIDELINES Introduction The American Gas Association and its member companies are committed to full compliance with all laws and regulations, and to maintaining the highest ethical standards in the way we conduct our operations and activities. Our commitment includes strict compliance with federal and state antitrust laws, which are designed to protect this country s free competitive economy. Responsibility for Antitrust Compliance Compliance with the antitrust laws is a serious business. Antitrust violations may result in heavy fines for corporations, and in fines and even imprisonment for individuals. While the General Counsel s Office provides guidance on antitrust matters, you bear the ultimate responsibility for assuring that your actions and the actions of any of those under your direction comply with the antitrust laws. Antitrust Guidelines In all AGA operations and activities, you must avoid any discussions or conduct that might violate the antitrust laws or even raise an appearance of impropriety. The following guidelines will help you do that: Do consult counsel about any documents that touch on sensitive antitrust subjects such as pricing, market allocations, refusals to deal with any company, and the like. Do consult with counsel on any non-routine correspondence that requests an AGA member company to participate in projects or programs, submit data for such activities, or otherwise join other member companies in AGA actions. Do use an agenda and take accurate minutes at every meeting. Have counsel review the agenda and minutes before they are put into final form and circulated and request counsel to attend meetings where sensitive antitrust subjects may arise. Do provide these guidelines to all meeting participants. Do not, without prior review by counsel, have discussions with other member companies about: your company s prices for products, assets or services, or prices charged by your competitors costs, discounts, terms of sale, profit margins or anything else that might affect those prices the resale prices your customers should charge for products or assets you sell them allocating markets, customers, territories products or assets with your competitors limiting production whether or not to deal with any other company any competitively sensitive information concerning your own company or a competitor s. Do not stay at a meeting, or any other gathering, if those kinds of discussions are taking place. Do not discuss any other sensitive antitrust subjects (such as price discrimination, reciprocal dealing, or exclusive dealing agreements) without first consulting counsel. Do not create any documents or other records that might be misinterpreted to suggest that AGA condones or is involved in anticompetitive behavior. We re Here to Help Whenever you have any question about whether particular AGA activities might raise antitrust concerns, contact the General Counsel s Office, Ph: (202) ; GCO@aga.org, or your legal counsel. American Gas Association Office of General Counsel Issued: December 1997 Revised: December 2008