PG&E Complies with New Safety Recommendations

PG&E announced Monday that it had fulfilled two safety recommendations made by the National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) in response to the 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno.

This beings to nine the number of recommendations that the utility has checked off the original list of 12 from the NTSB.

"We continue to make real, measurable progress as we strive to become the safest and most reliable gas operator in the nation," said Nick Stavropoulos, executive vice president of PG&E's gas operations.

The newly completed tasks are:

·      Integrity Management Program: PG&E reviewed every aspect of its Transmission Integrity Management Program (TIMP) and implemented a revised program to better evaluate and address threats to its natural gas pipeline system.

·      Threat Assessment: PG&E has completed a threat assessment review of its gas transmission system using the revised methodology established in its TIMP. PG&E uses threat assessment and identification to assess and rank the risks associated with gas pipes located throughout the transmission system.