CENTERPOINT ENERGY GAS TRANSMISSION

Incident Narrative

ON 10/23/2011 AT 01:26 CEGT SYSTEM CONTROL RECEIVED CALL FROM A DISTRIBUTION FIELD TECHNICIAN REPORTING THAT THE GLENWOOD TOWN BORDER STATION WAS ON FIRE. SYSTEM CONTROL NOTIFIED CEGT FIELD TECHNICIANS AT 01:36 AND 01:42. THEY WERE DISPATCHED TO THE LOCATION TO INVESTIGATE THE REPORTED FIRE. AT 03:14 FIELD PERSONNEL REPORTED TO SYSTEM CONTROL THAT THEY WERE ON SCENE AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE TOWN BORDER STATION IS ON FIRE. THEY REPORTED THAT THE RELIEF VALVE IS BLOWING, BUT NOT ON FIRE. FIELD PERSONNEL ARE WORKING ON A PLAN TO GET THE GAS SHUT OFF TO TOWN BORDER. AT 03:58 VALVES ARE SHUT OFF AND THE FIRE WAS OUT AT 4:01. THE SITUATION WAS UNDER CONTROL AND SECURED. AT 04:01 THE FACILITY WAS SHUT DOWN, BUT THE GAS SUPPLY TO CUSTOMERS WAS MAINTAINED FROM AN ALTERNATE SOURCE. NO CUSTOMERS LOST SERVICE DUE TO THE INCIDENT. FIVE HOMES (10 PEOPLE) WERE TEMPORARILY EVACUATED DURING THE INCIDENT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALLOWED EVACUEES TO RETURN AS SOON AS THE FIRE WAS OUT AND ALL WERE BACK IN THEIR HOMES THE FOLLOWING MORNING. ON 11/10/2011 A TEMPORARY REGULATOR STATION WAS INSTALLED WHILE A REPLACEMENT STATION IS BEING CONSTRUCTED. ALTHOUGH THE FACILITY WAS REROUTED AND FED BY ALTERNATE SOURCES, THE CHANGE TO COLDER WEATHER BROUGHT ON THE NEED TO INSTALL THE TEMPORARY REGULATOR STATION WHILE CONSTRUCTING THE REPLACEMENT REGULATOR STATION.