Anthony Moscarelli Homeowner with three pipelines near house Worry: Un-explained Mercaptan smell in deep soil. Project Coordinator for Healthy Community Research for Suisun City. Obtained PHMSA TAG grant in 2009 Conducted a technical baseline study of aging pipelines in the Suisun City pipeline corridor.

Natural gas pipeline route in Suisun corridor

PG&E eventually agreed to cooperate with study Provided contact with company attorney These were encouraging early signs! But then…

Study leads to more unanswered questions The study of our small area ( 3.5 miles ) raised more questions from unfulfilled work records requests. By May 2011, CPUC informed me that PG&E had refused to provide records I requested. In July 2011 my contact reiterated PG&E’s top management’s committed cooperation with the study.

Bureaucratic Gridlock One year later, PG&E’s attorney was not aware that hydro-testing was scheduled on one of our pipelines although the pipeline was ‘Pigged’ 30-days earlier. PG&E contractors knew of the study/me and how to contact my contact. A second hydro-test that I witnessed through the first hours, was later suspended after I left. A recently installed (2009) valve was found to leak, and was repaired. I was notified 6 days later after repairs were complete.

Hydro-test leak was reported at the 2009 installed Pig passable 67% of MAOP

Ongoing Bureaucratic Gridlock If CPUC staff had informed me of specific code requirements for my requests, I could have used the CPUC process for requesting records properly. PG&E’s attorney told me that they did not refuse to have information from the CPUC released to me. CPUC’s attorney told me that PG&E did, but could not share the letter.