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Consolidated Edison Company of New York CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK GAS OPERATIONS PANEL GAS TABLE OF CONTENTS Page CAPITAL EXPENDITURES .................................................................................................9 Operating Area Annual Capital Programs ...................................20 Supply Main Projects ...................................................................................37 Technical Operation Programs and Projects ...........................40 Transmission Projects and Programs ..........................................58 Gas Pressure Control Programs and Projects .........................72 Special Information Technology Projects .............................77 O&M EXPENDITURES ............................................................................................................86 DEFERRAL ACCOUNTING/RECONCILIATIONS ....................................................... 90 SAFETY PERFORMANCE MEASURES .................................................................................99 GAS OPERATIONS PANEL - GAS 1 Oo Would the members of the Gas Operations Panel please 2 state your names and business addresses? 3 Our names are Frank Ciminiello, Liliana Gonzalez, 4 Edward C. Foppiano, and Jyotin Thaker. Our business 5 addresses are 1615 Bronxdale Avenue, Bronx, New York, 6 10462 (for Ciminiello and Foppiano), 1560 Bruckner 7 Boulevard, Bronx, New York 10473 (for Gonzalez), and 8 315 Saw Mill River Road, Valhalla, New York 10595 (for 9 Thaker). I0 By whom are you employed and in what capacity? ii We are all employed by Consolidated Edison Company of 12 New York, Inc. ("Con Edison" or ~Company"). 13 (Ciminiello) I am the Chief Distribution Gas Engineer. 14 (Gonzalez) I am the General Manager, Gas Technical 15 Operations. 16 (Foppiano) I am the Chief Gas Transmission Engineer. 17 (Thaker) I am the General Manager of Westchester Gas 18 Operations. 19 How long have you been employed by Con Edison and what 20 positions have you held while at Con Edison? ~i- GAS OPERATIONS PANEL - GAS 1 (Ciminiello) I have been employed by Con Edison since 2 1968. From 1968 to 1976, I held positions of 3 increasing responsibility in the Gas Engineering 4 department. In 1976, I was promoted to Section 5 Manager of the Gas Engineering department. During the 6 past 25 years, I have held operating positions in each 7 of the five areas of Con Edison’s Gas Operations 8 departments. My operating experience is as follows: 9 ¯ Manager of Manhattan Gas Operations io ¯ General Manager of Queens Gas Operations ii ¯ General Manager of Bronx Gas Operations 12 ¯ General Manager of Central Gas Operations 13 ¯ General Manager of Manhattan Gas Operations 14 ¯ General Manager of Westchester Gas Operations 15 In early 2000, I assumed my current position of Chief 16 Gas Engineer. In 2004, responsibility between 17 Transmission and Distribution was separated and the 18 positions of Chief Distribution Engineer and Chief 19 Transmission Engineer were created. 20 (Gonzalez) I have been employed by Con Edison since 21 1985. After completing the Company’s Engineering --2-- GAS OPERATIONS PANEL - GAS 1 Management Intern Program, I held various positions of 2 increasing responsibility in System Operation and 3 Substations Operations - Protective System Testing, 4 including Senior System Operator - System Operation, 5 and Area Manager for Bronx and Lower Westchester in 6 Substation Operations - Protective System Testing. In 7 2001, I was promoted to Director of Equal Employment 8 Opportunity. In August 2004, I became Chief Design 9 Engineer in Central Engineering, Central Operations. I0 In October 2007, I assumed my current position where I ii am responsible for managing the operations associated 12 with Gas Measurement, Corrosion Control, Leak Survey, 13 the Company’s LNG plant, and maintenance of the 14 Company’s various Tunnel Facilities. 15 (Foppiano) I have been with Con Edison for 36 years. 16 I was first employed by Con Edison in July 1973 and 17 have held various engineering and management positions 18 in Central Engineering, Construction, Steam 19 Operations, Electric Operations, Facilities Management 20 and Gas Operations. In 2000, I was assigned to Steam 21 Operations as Plant Manager of Waterside Generating -3- GAS OPERATIONS PANEL - GAS 1 Station. Between November 2001 and January 2004, I 2 was the Chief Engineer for the East River Repowering 3 Project ("ERRP"). In February 2004, I was the Chief 4 Civil!Mechanical Engineer, and since mid-December 5 2008, I have been the Chief Gas Transmission Engineer. 6 My current primary responsibility is to provide 7 leadership and oversight for Gas Transmission 8 Planning, Gas Transmission Pipeline Integrity, Gas 9 Major Projects, Gas Project Management, Gas Pressure i0 Control and Gas Control Sections. These sections all Ii support the gas transmission system as well as 12 pressure control for gas distribution. 13 (Thaker) My service at Con Edison spans 31 years. 14 During this time I have held various positions in 15 Electric Distribution Engineering, Electric 16 Construction, including General Manager of Bronx- 17 Westchester Electric Operations, Chief Electric 18 Distribution Engineer, and currently as General 19 Manager of Westchester Gas Operations. 20 Briefly discuss your educational background. -4- GAS OPERATIONS PANEL - GAS 1 no (Ciminiello) I earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree 2 from New York University in 1968. I attended several 3 executive management programs, including a one-month 4 executive management program at Columbia University 5 and the University of Colorado Gas Executives program. 6 (Gonzalez) I earned a Bachelor of Engineering in 7 Electrical Engineering (BEEE) from Pratt Institute in 8 1985. I also earned a Master of Science in Electrical 9 Engineering from Polytechnic University in 1991. In I0 addition, I am certified by Power Technologies Inc. Ii (PTI) in Power Engineering. 12 (Foppiano) I received a Bachelor’s Degree in 13 Mechanical Engineering from Manhattan College in 1973. 14 I also received a Master of Business Administration 15 from Fordham University in 1978 and completed the 16 Public Utility Executive Program in July 1993 at 17 Michigan University. 18 (Thaker) I a hold Bachelor of Science degree in 19 Electrical Engineering from Manhattan College in New 20 York. I have also completed the Power Technology -5- GAS OPERATIONS PANEL - GAS 1 Distribution Systems curriculum from the Power 2 Technology Institute. 3 Did you or do you still belong to any professional 4 organizations? 5 (Ciminiello) Yes. I am a member of the Operations 6 Safety Regulatory Action Committee ("OSRAC") of the 7 American Gas Association and am a former member of 8 both the Society of Gas Operators and the American 9 Welding Institute. I0 (Gonzalez) Yes. I am an active member of the II Northeast Gas Association, New York Advisory Committee 12 since 2007. 13 (Foppiano) Yes. I am a Professional Engineer in the 14 State of New York and a member of The American Society 15 of Mechanical Engineers Industry Advisory Board. 16 (Thaker) Yes. I was a member of the Institute of 17 Electrical and Electronics Engineer during my academic 18 years. 19 Have any members of the Panel testified previously 20 before the New York State Public Service Commission 21 ("PSC" or "Commission")? -6- GAS OPERATIONS PANEL - GAS 1 At Yes. (Ciminiello, Gonzalez, Foppiano) Each of us has 2 submitted testimony before the Commission. (Thaker) I 3 have not previously submitted testimony before the 4 Commission. 5 Please summarize the Gas Operations Panel’s testimony. 6 Our testimony will: 7 Identify major capital programs/projects to be 8 conducted in 2010, 2011, and 2012 and introduce 9 the associated ~White Papers" that provide i0 detailed description of these programs/projects, Ii their cost, schedule and units of work with 12 specific justification and explanations for 13 performing the work. We will highlight the 14 Company’s infrastructure replacement objectives 15 and discuss our long-term strategy for Gas 16 Operations. Our description of capital programs 17 and projects will be grouped into the following 18 defined sections: 19 ¯ Annual programs 2O ¯ Supply Main projects 21 ¯ Technical Operations programs and projects -7- GAS OPERATIONS PANEL - GAS 1 ¯ Pressure Control programs and projects 2 ¯ Transmission programs and pro3ects 3 ¯ Special IT projects; and 4 ¯ Describe the Company’s planned O&M expenditures 5 for the Rate Year; 6 ¯ Explain how several pending regulations, the full 7 effects of which are not currently known and are 8 not accounted for in our program and project 9 funding request, may affect our capital and O&M io budgets; II ¯ Propose continuance, modification or 12 discontinuance of reconciliation mechanisms; 13 ¯ Recommend the continuance of performance measure 14 metrics and revenue adjustments from Case 06-G- 15 1332. 16 Oo How does the Company’s capital and O&M expenditure 17 forecast compare to the Company’s last gas rate case 18 filing? 19 A° The Company is proposing to mostly maintain its 20 current level of capital and O&M expenditures while -8- GAS OPERATIONS PANEL - GAS 1 continuing to provide the same level of safety, 2 service and reliability to our customers. 3 4 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES 5 Is the Company seeking any increase in its capital 6 expenditures in 20117 7 No. The Company is mindful of current economic 8 conditions and, as explained in more detail below, the 9 Company made significant efforts to hold the line on I0 its capital costs. The Company is proposing to II maintain capital expenditures
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