"EASTERN GAS TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE, INC."

Incident Narrative

"OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT RECEIVED INITIAL NOTIFICATION OF THIS INCIDENT VIA A FIRE DEPARTMENT SCANNER REPORT ON 6/8/25 AT APPROXIMATELY 18:00. AT THIS TIME, IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THE INCIDENT INVOLVED AN EGTS ASSET AS THERE ARE OTHER PIPELINE AND UNDERGROUND WELL OPERATORS IN THE AREA SO OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT DISPATCHED OPERATIONS PERSONNEL TO MAKE THIS DETERMINATION. AFTER PICKING UP A UTILITY TERRAIN VEHICLE AT SOUTHERN AREA HEADQUARTERS, OPERATIONS PERSONNEL ARRIVED ON-SITE IN THE NEARBY VICINITY OF THE INCIDENT ON 6/8/25 AT APPROXIMATELY 18:38. AT THIS TIME, IT REMAINED UNKNOWN IF THE INCIDENT INVOLVED AN EGTS ASSET SO OPERATIONS PERSONNEL BEGAN THE PROCESS OF MANUALLY ISOLATING BW-9832 BY CLOSING VALVES (A GATE & E GATE) AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. BW-9832 IS AN UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS STORAGE WELL IN KENNEDY STORAGE AND IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF VALLEY CHAPEL, WEST VIRGINIA. THE CLOSEST ROAD TO BW-9832 IS MARE RUN ROAD AND BW-9832 IS CONNECTED TO THE H-19366 PIPELINE. OPERATIONS PERSONNEL COMPLETED THE ISOLATION OF BW-9832 ON 6/8/25 AT APPROXIMATELY 18:55. FOLLOWING THE ISOLATION OF BW-9832, OPERATIONS PERSONNEL CONFIRMED DISCOVERY THAT THE INCIDENT INVOLVED BW-9832 ON 6/8/25 AT APPROXIMATELY 19:04. A TREE HAD FALLEN AND SEVERED THE 4