PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO

Incident Narrative

ON NOVEMBER 16, 2014 AT 1935 HOURS, PG&E WAS NOTIFIED THAT A VEHICLE STRUCK A FIVE-METER MANIFOLD, RESULTING IN AN UNINTENTIONAL RELEASE OF GAS WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY IGNITED. THERE WERE TWO EXISTING 4-INCH CONCRETE BOLLARDS INSTALLED BESIDE THE METER MANIFOLD. A VEHICLE STRUCK THE METER MANIFOLD WHILE DRIVING INTO THE ALLEY WAY (COMING FROM ESSEX WAY). THE DRIVER FLED THE SCENE WITH THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE RISER WAS NOT DAMAGED FROM THE INCIDENT. PG&E'S GAS SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE (GSR) WAS ON SITE AT 2011 HOURS ON NOVEMBER 16, 2014. FIVE SERVICE ACCOUNTS EXPERIENCED GAS SERVICE INTERRUPTION AND GAS SERVICE WAS AVAILABLE FOR RELIGHT BY 1253 HOURS ON NOVEMBER 17, 2014. (THE FIFTH METER SERVES A UTILITY ROOM FOR THE MULTI-UNIT RESIDENCE.) THE SAN JOSE FIRE DEPARTMENT STOPPED THE FLOW OF GAS BY CLOSING THE SERVICE VALVE AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE GSR. THE REGULATOR, 5-METER MANIFOLD, AND METERS WERE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, NO FATALITIES AND NO MEDIA ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCIDENT. UNINTENTIONAL RELEASE OF NATURAL GAS WAS LESS THAN 3 MMCF. THE DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE ENSUING FIRE ARE ESTIMATED TO EXCEED $50,000, THUS MEETING THE CRITERIA TO REPORT BOTH TO THE CPUC AND DOT.