UNISOURCE ENERGY SERVICES

Incident Narrative

ON 2/22/10 PINETOP FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A FIRE @ 8725 COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE AND NOTIFIED UNISOURCE ENERGY SERVICES THAT THE FIRE WAS AT THE GAS METER AND APPEARED TO INVOLVE ESCAPING GAS. UPON ARRIVAL IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE METER SET ASSEMBLY HAD BEEN DAMAGED; GAS WAS ESCAPING, AND HAD IGNITED. THE SERVICE LINE WAS DISCONNECTED. THIS ACTION EXTINGUISHED THE GAS FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED A SMALL AREA OF THE ADJACENT STRUCTURE THAT HAD CAUGHT FIRE. TTHE PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THE DAMAGE TO THE METER SET ASSEMBLY WAS THE FORCE EXERTED UPON IT BY SIX PLUS FEET OF SNOW AND ICE THAT HAD ACCUMULATED AND FALLEN FROM THE ROOF OF THE ADJACENT STRUCTURE. ON 2/23/10 THE AFFECTED RISER WAS REPLACED THE SERVICE LINE TESTED AND RECONNECTED BY UES CONSTRUCTION PERSONNEL. ON 4/14/10, A SUPPLIMENTAL FILE WAS UPDATED WITH CORRECTED 14 MCF OF LOST GAS AND $0. ESTIMATED COST FOR PUBLIC AND NON OPERATOR PRIVATE PROPERTY DAMAGE PAID/REINBURSED BY THE OPERATOR. AN UPDATED TOTAL FOR THE ESTIMATED COST TO THE OPERATOR IS $2,648. ON 5/5/10, A SUPPLIMENTAL FILE WAS UPDATED WITH THIS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BASED ON A CONVERSATION WITH ANGELA DOW OF PHMSA ON 5/5/10. THE COST OF REPAIRS, AS PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTOR PERFORMING THE WORK TO THE STRUCTURE ARE $25,000.THESE COSTS ARE BEING COVERED BY PARTIES OTHER THAN THE OPERATOR.