2013

Awards Review

American Gas Association Operations Conference

May 21-24 - Orlando, FL

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AWARDS LISTING GUIDE

Awards of Merit………………...…….….4

Gild of Ancient

Supplers Award…………………………..2

Industry Leader Accident

Prevention Certificates……...………..3

Meritorious Service Award…..……..1

Milton W. Heath, Sr.

Memorial Award……………….………..2

Safety Achievement Awards………3

Trailblazer Award..……………...………2

The 2013 AGA AWARDS REVIEW highlights industry specific awards and recognizes individuals who have made major contributions to the natural gas industry. The recipients are formally recognized at AGA’s Annual Operations Conference. The selection process is based on criteria involving professional and personal commitment and dedication to improving the operations and engineering sectors of the natural gas industry through safety, accident prevention, research, active AGA committee and event participation. Visit the Operations & Engineering Section of AGA’s web site, www.aga.org to download the Awards Manual.

The Meritorious Service Award, sponsored by Consolidated Edison Company of New York, is

awarded annually to the "individual who has performed the most meritorious act in the gas

industry in saving a human life during the prior calendar year." This year, AGA is proud to honor

National Grid's Collin Cathnott and Cleon-Sean Christie.

In early 2012, Mr. Christie and Mr. Cathnott witnessed an assault on a

woman in Queens, NY. The employees reported the incident to

Central Dispatch, who in turn contacted 911. The two service persons

heard the woman screaming, “Help me. He’s going to kill me.”

Mr. Christie, who was driving the company vehicle, quickly stopped

and both men witnessed the assailant punch the woman in her

stomach. When she fell to the ground the employees noticed a knife

in his hands.

Collin Cathnott immediately called 911 while Cleon-Sean Christie

again reported the incident to Central Dispatch. The attack continued

even while Mr. Christie and Mr. Cathnott yelled for the assailant to

leave the woman alone. The men then drove towards the attacker at

which point he stopped and began to walk away.

Mr. Christie left the vehicle and followed the assailant at a safe distance while keeping him in

sight. Mr. Cathnott, not wanting to lose sight of his partner, followed both men with the vehicle.

With the suspect in his sights, Mr. Christie flagged down a nearby NYPD vehicle which resulted

in the capture and arrest of the attacker.

Emergency Management Services (EMS) and New York City Police

Department officers (NYPD) arrived on the scene within a matter of

minutes. EMS proceeded to attend to the female victim, who was

injured, transporting her to a local hospital for treatment of her

injuries. A follow-up with the NYPD confirmed that following

treatment for her injuries, the woman was discharged to recuperate

at home. The attacker was arrested and charged and he’s currently

awaiting prosecution.

Mr. Cathnott and Mr. Christie had options on that winter day. They

didn't have to act on that situation. They had a list of calls to answer

and they could have just as easily turned a blind-eye and continued

on their way. Or they could have misread the situation and headed

in in full-force and made matters worse. Instead they assessed the situation, remained calm and

acted wisely. Those are the actions that make everyday people into life-saving heroes.

Christie

Cathnott

MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD

MILTON W. HEATH, SR. MEMORIAL AWARD

The Milton W. Heath, Sr. Memorial Award,

sponsored by Heath Consultants Inc., recognizes

the individual who, in the past five years, has

made an outstanding contribution to leak

detection, prevention or repair.

This year's Milton W. Heath, Sr. Memorial Award

is presented to Angelo Fabiano formerly with

NYSEARCH/Northeast Gas Association.

Mr. Fabiano's initiatives to introduce new

technologies to the marketplace for such things

as advanced mobile leak detection systems

(ViewGas, realSense, RMLD, etc.); monitoring of

activities near pipeline (PLE Video Surveillance,

Advanced PipeGuard System, etc.); inspecting

and evaluating PE joints (NDE Technologies) and

PE sleeve for joint repair and integrity (NUPI-

GECO project) have been of great help to the

natural gas industry.

AGA and Health Consultants, Inc. are pleased to

honor him today for his efforts in developing

these technologies for enhancing pipeline safety

and integrity.

GILD OF ANCIENT

SUPPLERS AWARD

Don Kopczynski, vice president of

operations with Avista Corporation

in Spokane, WA, is honored with

this year’s Gild of Ancient Supplers

Award for his exceptional

leadership and service to AGA and

the natural gas industry.

America’s natural gas utilities operate the safest

energy delivery system in the nation made up of

more than two million miles of pipelines. Utility

leadership and employees think about their

customers every moment of every day as they

work to deliver essential energy safely and

efficiently to homes and businesses across the

country. I want to congratulate our award

recipients who exemplify this effort and are shining

examples of the commitment their utility and our

industry have to serving our communities.

Dave McCurdy, AGA President & CEO

TRAILBLAZER AWARD

AGA's Trailblazer Award is reserved for those individuals who have made a notable commitment in

representing AGA on time-sensitive matters of advocacy and/or technology outside the general scope of

technical committees in the AGA Operating Section. These individuals championed their cause and

benefited the entire natural gas utility community.

This year AGA recognizes two such individuals - Henry W. Poellnitz III of Kinder Morgan and Robert D.

Wilson of National Grid - who were instrumental in creating and leading the task force focused on

development of AGA's "Natural Gas Quality Management Manual."

AGA's Transmission Measurement Committee recognized a need to create a comprehensive technical

document explaining the basic concepts of gas properties and the related impacts on distribution and

transmission pipelines. The purpose was to provide engineers and technicians with a reference that fully

explains every aspect of gas properties allowing for effective management of the gas quality within their

systems and to avoid any adverse effect on their customers and their pipeline operations.

While many individuals generously lent their expertise and time to the development of this document,

AGA is very pleased to award Mr. Poellnitz and Mr. Wilson with the Trailblazer Award for going above and

beyond in developing and finalizing the publication.

The following AGA member companies

earned Safety Achievement Awards by

experiencing the lowest motor vehicle

accident rate for companies of their

type.

LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

UniSource Energy Services (Tucson, AZ)

COMBINATION

Liberty Utilities (Salem, NH)

TRANSMISSION

Dow Pipeline Company (Freeport, TX)

SMALL MEMBER COMPANIES*

Cheniere Pipeline Company - Creole

Trail Pipeline (Cameron, LA)

* All companies with a fleet mileage less than

1,000,000 miles were considered a small

member.

LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

Small

Knoxville Utilities Board (Knoxville, TN)

Medium-Small

Intermountain Gas Company (Boise, ID)

Medium-Large

TECO Peoples Gas (Tampa, FL)

Large

We Energies (Milwaukee, WI)

Very Large

COMGÁS (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Columbia Gas of Ohio (Columbus, OH)

Mega

Enbridge Gas Distribution (Ontario, Canada)

COMBINATION

Medium

CoServ Gas (Corinth, TX)

Large

PECO Energy (Philadelphia, PA)

TRANSMISSION

Medium

ONEOK Natural Gas Pipeline Company

(Tulsa, OK)

Large

Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.

(Owensboro, KY)

2012 SAFETY ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS The following AGA member companies have earned Safety Achievement Awards by experiencing the lowest incident rate for the number of days away from work, restricted or transferred (DART) among companies of their size and type, based upon a maximum figure of 1,960 hours worked per employee.

2012 INDUSTRY LEADER

ACCIDENT PREVENTION

CERTIFICATES

The AGA member companies listed below have earned Accident Prevention Certificates by achieving a DART (days away from work, restricted or transferred) incident rate below the industry average for their company type. Local Distribution Companies

Small

Knoxville Utilities Board (Knoxville, TN)

The Energy Cooperative (Newark, OH)

Columbia Gas of Maryland (Canonsburg, PA)

Fort Pierce Utilities Authority (Fort Pierce,

FL)

Clearwater Gas System (Clearwater, FL)

Columbia Gas of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)

Medium-Small

Intermountain Gas Company (Boise, ID)

Entergy Gas Distribution (New Orleans, LA)

Dominion Hope Gas (Clarksburg, WV)

Peoples TWP (Butler, PA)

Delmarva Power & Light Company

(Wilmington, DE)

Large

We Energies (Milwaukee, WI)

Black Hills Energy Gas Utilities (Rapid City,

SD)

Citizens Energy Group (Indianapolis, IN)

PSNC Energy, A SCANA Company (Gastonia,

NC)

Peoples Natural Gas (Pittsburgh, PA)

Consolidated Edison Co. (New York, NY)

Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania (Canonsburg,

PA)

Large

PECO Energy (Philadelphia, PA)

Puget Sound Energy (Bellevue, WA)

Vectren Corporation (Evansville, IN)

Ameren Corporation (St. Louis, MO)

Xcel Energy (Minneapolis, MN)

Northern Indiana Public Service Company

(Merrillville, IN)

MidAmerican Energy Company (Des

Moines, IA)

Baltimore Gas & Electric Company

(Baltimore, MD)

Transmission Companies

Medium

ONEOK Natural Gas Pipeline Co. (Tulsa,

OK)

Dow Pipeline Company (Angleton, TX)

Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co. (Dover, DE)

Cheniere Pipeline Company - Creole Trail

Pipeline (Cameron, LA)

Crossroads Pipeline Company (Houston,

TX)

Carolina Gas Transmission Corp.

(Columbia, SC)

Columbia Gulf Transmission (Houston, TX)

Large

Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.

(Owensboro, KY)

CenterPoint Energy (Houston, TX)

TransCanada Corporation (Alberta,

Canada)

El Paso Pipeline Group (Houston, TX)

Spectra Energy Corporation (Houston, TX)

Medium-Large

TECO Peoples Gas (Tampa, FL)

Equitable Gas Company (Pittsburgh, PA)

Columbia Gas of Virginia (Chester, VA)

Very Large

COMGÁS (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Columbia Gas of Ohio (Columbus, OH)

Questar Gas Company (Salt Lake City, UT)

Dominion East Ohio (Cleveland, OH)

SourceGas LLC (Lakewood, CO)

UGI Utilities, Inc. (Reading, PA)

Mega

Enbridge Gas Distribution (Ontario, Can-

ada)

Public Service Electric and Gas (Newark,

NJ)

CenterPoint Energy Gas (Houston, TX)

Union Gas Limited (Ontario, Canada)

DTE Gas Company (Detroit, MI)

AGL Resources (Atlanta, GA)

Atmos Energy Corporation (Dallas, TX)

Southwest Gas Corp. (Las Vegas, NV)

Piedmont Natural Gas (Charlotte, NC)

Combination Companies

Medium

CoServ Gas, Ltd. (Corinth, TX)

NorthWestern Energy (Butte, MT)

Alliant Energy (Madison, WI)

Duke Energy (Charlotte, NC)

Montana-Dakota Utilities (Bismarck, ND)

Madison Gas & Electric Co. (Madison, WI)

Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp.

(Poughkeepsie, NY)

AWARDS OF MERIT

The individuals listed have earned AGA Awards of Merit for

their active and continuous service to the AGA Operating

Section through participation on technical committees, as well

as leadership on AGA events. The awards are based on a

cumulative point system.

Platinum Award of Merit (100 points)

Craig R. Hoeferlin, Laclede Gas Company

Richard R. Lonn, AGL Resources Gold Award of Merit (75 points)

Eugene Conkling, New Jersey Natural Gas Company

Janet R. Fox, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

Bruce Paskett, NW Natural

Tushar Shah, Eagle Research Corporation

Parashar N. Sheth, PE, National Grid

Silver Award of Merit (50 points)

Joe W. Bronner, (Consultant)

David W. Busch, Citizens Energy Group

John R. Hand, Spectra Energy Corp

Kimberley Heimsath, Questar Gas Company

Abed Houssari, DTE Energy

Dennis R. Jarnecke, GTI - Gas Technology Institute

Paul J. LaNasa, Consultant - CEESI

Daniel A. Norden, Baltimore Gas & Electric Company

Thomas L. Puracchio, Integrys Energy Group

Daniel H. Rebman, UniversalPegasus International

Thomas R. Reburn, Alagasco

Joseph R. Ryan, Louisville Gas and Electric Company

Silver Award of Merit (50 points) cont...

Douglas E. Stearns, PE, JMS Natural Gas Consulting LLC

Kevin D. Swiger, PE, NiSource Gas Distribution

Thomas J. Taylor, Consumers Energy

Phil Whittemore, GE Oil & Gas

Daniel J. Woehrle, PE, Xcel Energy Inc.

Michael R. Zerella, National Grid

Bronze Award of Merit (25 points)

Christopher W. Ampfer, Duke Energy Corporation

Russell E. Anderson, Chevron Pipeline Co.

William D. Baker, Avista Corporation

Mark Bridgers, Continuum Advisory Group

Don Bryant, Citizens Energy Group

Mark Clayton, CenterPoint Energy

Kevin S. Dugan, Vectren Corporation

Thomas R. Eells, We Energies

Michael A. Ferens, Consumers Energy

Chris Foley, RCP Inc.

Ricardo O. Guzman, City of Corpus Christi

Jon G Huddleston, NW Natural

Thomas J. Jansen, We Energies

Larry D. Kennedy, Jr., El Paso Corporation

Joseph A. Kindernay, Ameren Illinois

Scott A. Kranstuber, Elster American Meter

Mark J. Lilly, NW Natural

Steven L. Lindsey, Laclede Gas Company (Retired)

Michael O. Lynch, DTE Energy

Deborah A. Marroquin, City of Corpus Christi

Benjamin O. McReynolds, Laclede Gas Company

Jim Miller, InfraSource Inc.

Giuseppe A. Mirasola, Consolidated Edison Company of New

York, Inc.

Luke Monaghan, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

Christopher R. Moore, Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc.

Edward Newton, San Diego Gas & Electric Co/Southern California

Gas Co

Eric Pearson, Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company

Janet M. Penz, ITRON, Inc.

Kraig E. Sanders, New Jersey Natural Gas Company

Daniel D. Scarberry, Dominion East Ohio

James R. Selman, ONEOK, Inc.

Jason S. Stanek, Metropolitan Utilities District

Glenn R. Sundheimer, Louisville Gas and Electric Company

Larry R. Thorson, Questar Gas Company

Somali S. Tomczak, AGL Resources

Mark D. Whitman, PECO Energy

John B. Wyckoff, PE, New Jersey Natural Gas Company

Grant M. Yoshihara, NW Natural

Shelly K. Young, GL Noble Denton