AWARDS OF MERIT

The individuals listed have earned AGA Awards of Merit for

their active and continuous service to the AGA Operating Sec-

tion through participation on technical committees, as well as

leadership on AGA events. The awards are based in a cumula-

tive point system.

Platinum Award of Merit (100 points)

Donald L. Reynolds, Jr., NiSource Inc

Gold Award of Merit (75 points)

Brian W. Moidel, Dominion East Ohio

Henry W. Poellnitz, III, El Paso Pipeline Group

Kevin L. Ritz, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.

Silver Award of Merit (50 points)

Ardis A. Bartle, APEX Measurement & Controls LLC

Mary E. Casey, National Grid

Charles F. Dippo, PE, South Jersey Gas Co.

Angela M. Floyd, ConocoPhillips

John W. Heer, CenterPoint Energy

John P. Hoch, Standby Systems, Inc.

Michael B. Hoffer, Duke Energy Corp.

David S. Jordan, Continental Industries, Inc.

Richard A. Kottemann, Jr., Laclede Gas Co.

Dannie R. Mercer, Atmos Energy Corp.

Stephen F. Nowaczewski, TransCanada Corp.

Mark J. Pelkey, National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.

Jerome T. Schmitz, Southwest Gas Corp.

John D. Shelton, NiSource Inc.

Bronze Award of Merit (25 points)

Lawrence D. Alspaugh, T.D. Williamson, Inc.

C. Earl Anderson, National Grid

Hans G. Bell, PE, AGL Resources

Bill Bishop, DTE Energy - MichCon

Craig A. Brownlee, Oklahoma Natural Gas

Frank T. DiPalma, Jacobs Consultancy

George R. Dowdy, Laclede Gas Co.

Morris G. Faircloth, Atmos Energy Corp.

Alicia M. Farag, Gas Technology Institute

Raymond W. Graham, Vectren Corp.

Lisa Hamilton, New Jersey Natural Gas Co.

Andrew S. Hammerschmidt, Gas Technology Institute

John R. Hand, Spectra Energy Corp.

Richard H. Hauter, New Jersey Natural Gas Co.

Duane Henderson, Puget Sound Energy

Larry J. Jenkins, Panhandle Energy

John A. Kasinski, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp.

Don Kopczynski, Avista Corp.

Les H. LeJeune, Entergy Gas Distribution

Fred J. Maly, Laclede Gas Co.

Wade M. Mattar, Invensys/Foxboro

Gary McCargar, ONEOK, Inc.

David J. McCarthy, Southern California Gas Co.

Troy Paige, PE, Atmos Energy Corp.

Frank T. Petroski, Jr., Southern Cross Corp.

Lloyd A. Pirtle, T.D. Williamson, Inc.

Lance L. Rainge, Integrys Energy Group

David L. Robison, PE, Elster Perfection

George K. Roland, Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

Matthew Rowan, DTE Energy - MichCon

Daniel J. Rudroff, WFMS, Inc.

Margaret H. Sanfilippo, Distrigas of Massachusetts LLC

J. Byron Smith, CenterPoint Energy

Awards

AWARDS LISTING GUIDE

Awards of Merit ................................ 4

Gild of Ancient

Supplers Award ................................. 2

John B. McGowan, Sr

Memorial Award ............................... 2

Industry Leader Accident

Prevention Award ............................. 3

Meritorious Service Award ............ 1

Milton W. Heath, Sr.

Memorial Award ............................... 2

Safety Achievement Awards ......... 3

MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD 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 Melissa Landreth, Tony McMillin and Margaret Melko of

Consumers Energy.

On July 6 last year, the trio rescued a co-worker from certain death.

On that evening, gas field leader Tony McMillin, gas lines worker Jane Melko and gas service

worker Melissa Landreth saved the life of co-worker Dave DiDonato, a trenching machine

operator overcome by gas fumes.

The employees were repairing a residential natural gas service line. As the stent on the

nearby curb box was badly bent and the “T” was under a large tree, they decided to make

the repair “live.” It was a routine job, except that day something went wrong. DiDonato was

loosening the fitting when it blew off and gas spewed out. DiDonato inserted an expansion

plug into the pipe and started to turn the wing nut to shut off the gas when he slumped

over.

His co-workers quickly pulled him out of the hole. When they didn’t detect a pulse or

breathing, they called 911 and began CPR until DiDonato started coughing. The first-aid and

CPR training they had at the company helped them save DiDonato's life.

“We’re proud of these three employees and all our employees, who watch out for each

other and focus on safety 24/7," said Dan Malone, senior vice president of distribution and

customer operations. "We rely on judgment and a timely response in everything we do."

The AWARDS REVIEW high-

lights industry‐specific awards

and recognizes individuals who

have made major contributions

to the natural gas industry. The

awardees receive their awards

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, acci-

dent prevention, research,

“The safe and reliable delivery of clean natural gas to 177 million Americans nation-

wide depends on the hard work and dedication of the employees of America’s natural

gas utilities. Congratulations to all of our award recipients and thank you for your

commitment to your community and our industry.” Dave McCurdy, AGA President &

CEO

The John B. McGowan Sr. Research Award, sponsored by UMAC, Inc., is

to provide recognition to an individual or company who has made an

outstanding contribution to improving the natural gas system safety,

delivery, design, construction, operation, maintenance or efficiency

through their research efforts. This year AGA is proud to recognize

James Witte of El Paso Pipeline Group for his leadership on research

initiatives undertaken primarily through PRCI International that have

helped in the development and revision of such natural gas flow meas-

urement as AGA Report Nos. 9 and 11, for ultrasonic and Coriolis meter-

ing respectively. These two documents have transformed the way

natural gas flow measurement is made, which are now being widely used

in the USA and overseas. Other research works that were initiated under

your leadership have also helped in revisions of AGA Report Nos. 3, 4A,

6, 7 and 8. These new and revised AGA reports made natural gas flow

measurement systems and quality management more accurate,

robust, and reliable. All these have contributed to significant sav-

ings to the industry resulting from lower metering costs and reduc-

tions in lost and unaccounted for product volumes through fewer

metering errors, custody transfer disputes, and improved metering sys-

tem reliability and repeatability.

As a member of AGA’s Transmission Measurement Committee (TMC)

over the last 20+ years, Jim realized the committee’s needs for research

MILTON W. HEATH, SR MEMORIAL AWARD

JOHN B. MCGOWAN, SR RESEARCH 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 we honor Marcus Chap-

man of Atmos Energy Corporation

for his work on an improved leak-

detection system to make natural

gas distribution operations

more safe, reliable and efficient.

Marc was chosen selected for his

efforts in leading the development

and implementation of a new

compliance strategy to maximize the

ability to find leaks on the distribu-

tion system. His idea was to use the

combination of a new generation of

leak detection equipment on

leak survey vehicles and laser-

technology based hand held leak

detectors, enabling technicians to

survey the mains and service taps in

JOHN B. MCGOWAN, SR

John B. McGowan, Sr. began his

association with the propane and natural

gas equipment industry in 1956 holding

a variety of sales and marketing

management positions with both The

Scaife Company in Pittsburgh, and

Dresser Industries in Houston. In 1970,

Mr. McGowan founded his own natural

gas equipment manufacturing company,

UMAC, Inc. headquartered in Malvern,

Pennsylvania. Today, UMAC, along with

GasBreaker, Inc., is the global leader in

the manufacture and supply of gas safety

shut-off valves, known as Excess Flow

Valves, which are designed to prevent

explosions when gas lines are ruptured.

During his association with the gas in-

dustry, Mr. McGowan was active in nu-

merous trade associations and technical

committees. In the late 1960's, he served

on the committee that wrote the first

national code of Federal Regulations that

were adopted by the U.S. Department of

Transportation. Mr. McGowan was also a

member of the Gild of Ancient Supplers.

Mr. McGowan retired as the Chairman of

the Board in January 1997 at 70 years of

age and he passed away in August 2003.

In 2009, The American Gas Association

GILD OF ANCIENT

SUPPLERS AWARD

Craig Hoeferlin, assistant vice

president of engineering and

field services with Laclede Gas

Company in St Louis, MO is the

recipient of this year’s Gild of

Ancient Supplers Award for

his exceptional leadership

and service to AGA and the

natural gas industry.

The following AGA member

companies earned Safety

Achievement Awards by

experiencing the lowest

motor vehicle accident rate

for companies of their type.

LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

(Dover, DE)

COMBINATION

City of Holyoke Gas &

Electric, (Holyoke, MA)

TRANSMISSION

ONEOK Gas Transportation,

(Tulsa, OK)

SMALL MEMBER

COMPANIES*

Berkshire Gas, (Pittsfield,

MA)

*All companies with a fleet

3

LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

Small

Fort Pierce Utilities Authority (Fort Pierce,

FL)

Medium-Small

Dominion Hope (Clarksburg, WV) and

Entergy Gas Distribution (New Orleans, LA)

Medium-Large

Duke Energy (Cincinnati, OH)

Large

SourceGas (Lakewood, CO)

Very Large

Dominion East Ohio (Cleveland, OH) and

COMGÁS (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Mega

Enbridge Gas Distribution (North York, ON)

COMBINATION

Small

Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power (Cheyenne,

WY)

Medium

Vectren Corporation (Evansville, IN)

Large

Consumers Energy (Jackson, MI)

TRANSMISSION

Small

Midwestern Gas Transmission and Guard-

ian Pipeline (Tulsa, OK)

Medium

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation

(Williamsville, NY)

Large

2011 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

2011 INDUSTRY LEADER

ACCIDENT PREVENTION

CERTIFICATES The AGA member companies listed below

have earned Accident Prevention Certifi-

cates 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

Chesapeake Utilities (Dover, DE)

Columbia Gas of Maryland (Cumberland,

MD)

Fort Pierce Utilities Authority (Fort Pierce,

FL)

Kokomo Gas & Fuel Co. (Kokomo, IN)

Northern Indiana Fuel & Light Company

(Auburn, IN)

Valley Energy (Sayre, PA)

Medium-Small

AltaGas Utilities (Leduc, Alberta)

Dominion Hope (Clarksburg, WV)

Entergy Gas Distribution (New Orleans, LA)

ENSTAR Natural Gas Co. (Anchorage, AK)

Intermountain Gas Company (Boise, ID)

Knoxville Utilities Board (Knoxville, TN)

Mobile Gas Service, a Sempra company

(Mobile, AL)

Medium-Large

Citizens Energy Group (Indianapolis, IN)

Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania

Public Service Electric & Gas (Newark, NJ)

Southwest Gas (Las Vegas, NV)

Union Gas Limited, a Spectra Energy com-

pany (Chatham, Ontario)

Combination Companies Small

Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power (Cheyenne,

WY)

Medium

Ameren Corporation (Peoria, IL)

Central Hudson Gas & Electric

(Poughkeepsie, NY)

Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. (Bismarck,

ND)

Puget Sound Energy (Bellevue, WA)

Vectren Corporation (Evansville, IN)

Large

Baltimore Gas & Electric (Baltimore, MD)

Consumers Energy (Jackson, MI)

Northern Indiana Public Service Company

(Merillville, IN)

Transmission Companies Small

Crossroads Pipeline (Bremen, IN)

Eastern Shore Natural Gas (Dover, DE)

Midwestern Gas Transmission / Guardian

Pipeline (Channahon, IL)

ONEOK WesTex Transmission, LLC (Tulsa,

OK)

Viking Gas Transmission (Eagan, MN) Medium

Columbia Gulf Transmission Co. (Houston,

TX)

(Canonsburg, PA)

Columbia Gas of Virginia (Chester, VA)

Duke Energy Corp. (Cincinnati, OH)

Equitable Gas Company (Pittsburgh, PA)

SEMCO Energy Gas Company (Port Huron,

MI)

Large

Black Hills Energy Gas Utilities (Rapid City,

SD)

Consolidated Edison Co. of NY (New York,

NY)

Kansas Gas Service (Overland Park, KS)

New Mexico Gas Company (Albuquerque,

NM)

Peoples Natural Gas (Pittsburgh, PA)

SourceGas (Lakewood, CO)

We Energies (Milwaukee, WI)

Questar Gas Company (Salt Lake City, UT)

TECO Peoples Gas (Tampa, FL)

Texas Gas Service (Austin, TX)

Very-Large

Columbia Gas of Ohio (Columbus, OH)

COMGÁS (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Gaz Métro (Montreal, Quebec)

Dominion East Ohio (Cleveland, OH)

Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. (Oklahoma City,

OK)

UGI Utilities, Inc. (Reading, PA)

Washington Gas Light (Washington, DC)

Mega

AGL Resources (Atlanta, GA)

CenterPoint Energy Gas Corp. (Houston,

TX)

Enbridge Gas Distribution (North York,

Ontario)

Piedmont Natural Gas (Charlotte, NC)