Engineering Introduction Pacific Gas & Electric Company Gas Operations ENGR-10 Guest Lecture November 7, 2013

1 Agenda for today’s presentation Introduction Education: Transferring to Cal Pacific Gas and Electric Company Internship: City of Palo Alto Natural Gas System Fundamentals Engineering in the Natural Gas Industry

2 About my education and beginning of my career UC Berkeley 2 Career 3 Fall 2005 – Spring 2007 Still deciding what to major in: Architecture or Engineering Much cheaper alternative than going straight to university Chabot Community College 1 Fall 2007 – Fall 2009 Graduated with B.S. in Civil Engineering Internship opened many opportunities Led to full time position at City of Palo Alto Began a career at the Pacific Gas & Electric Company

3 Two years at Chabot Fall 05First SemesterSpring 06Second Semester ARCH 2AArch Drawing & Graphics3CSCI 14Introduction to C++4 ENGL 1ACritical Reading & Composition3ENGR 25Computational Methods in Engineering3 HIST 7US History3MATH 2Calculus II5 MATH 1Calculus I5PHYS 4AGeneral Physics Fall 06Third SemesterSpring 07Fourth Semester CHEM 31Intro to College Chemistry4CHEM 1AGeneral College Chemistry5 ENGR 36Engineering Mechanics - Statics3ENGL 4Critical Thinking/Writing in Literature3 GEOG 5World Regional Geography3ENGR 22Engineering Design Graphics3 MTH 3Multivariable Calculus5MTH 4Elementary Differential Equations3 PHYS 4BGeneral Physics5MTH 6Elementary Linear Algebra3 POLI 1Intro to American Government3PHYS 4CGeneral Physics5 SPCH 1Fundamentals of Speech Communication3 2325

4 Transferred to UC Berkeley  Took two and a half years averaging 15 credits per semester  Chose to specialize in structural engineering  Course work at Berkeley is much tougher than Chabot -Study hard -Develop good relationships -Take advantage of available resources Schoolwork  American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) -Concrete Canoe -Steel Bridge -Career Fairs  Chi Epsilon, National Society of Civil Engineering Honor Society Extracurricular Activities

5 Internships  Interned for the City of Palo Alto while at Chabot AutoCAD experience was invaluable (ENGR 22) Performed mapping and basic surveying for utilities Continued working part time which led to a full time position after graduation  PG&E offers internships 147 college interns during Summer 2013 Mechanical, Civil and Electrical from 60 different colleges ‘Felt part of a team doing important work that’s helping make PG&E the safest gas utility in the country.’

6 Career at PG&E Gas Engineer Management ▪ Codes & Standards – Developing standards and procedures – Lots of research – Problem solving / process improvement ▪ Part of a team – Work on cross-functional projects – Rotational assignments ▪ Many opportunities for growth – Supervisor – Manager – Director ▪ Continue my education – Professional Engineer license – MBA

7 Introduction to the Natural Gas System

8 GAS PRODUCTION WELLS

9 PROCESSING PLANTS

10 TRANSMISSION PIPELINES

11 COMPRESSOR STATIONS

12 STORAGE FACILITIES

13 REGULATOR STATIONS valve regulator HIGH PRESSURE LOW PRESSURE

14 DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

15 PG & E GAS CONTROL CENTER Redundant Facility San Ramon GAS SYSTEM OPERATIONS Brentwood Oversee entire system 24/7 Respond to system alerts and calls Dispatch repair crews TRANSMISSION

16 TRANSMISSION 2 psi 150 psi 300 psi 60 psi 900 psi 10” - 42” DISTRIBUTION 1/4 “ – 24” These represent general sizes and pressures.

17 Engineering Example HIGH PRESSURE LOW PRESSURE

18 Freezing Regulator

19 Reason and possible solution

20 KEEPING THE SYSTEM SAFE INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM GROUND & AERIAL INSPECTION PUBLIC AWARENESS DAMAGE PREVENTION PHOTO FEDERAL DOT OPERATOR QUALIFICATION

21 Questions? Feel free to me if you have any questions: