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Case 09-E-____; Case 09-G-____ (NYSEG)DIRECT TESTIMONY OF THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES,RELIABILITY, AND OPERATIONS PANEL12345678910111213141516171819202122regulator stations, 394 district regulator stations, and approximately 260,000distribution gas meters.Q. What tasks must NYSEG perform to run its natural gas system?A. NYSEG is responsible to operate, maintain and upgrade all the systemsconstructed throughout its 157 years of operating history, respond to emergencies24 hours per day seven days per week and 365 days per year, locate facilities forevery construction project occurring in 30 of 62 New York State counties, asshown on Exhibit __ (NYSEGCROGAS-1), connect approximately 1,500 newgas services annually and relocate facilities in conflict with all street, road andhighway rebuilding projects. Employees witness test 160 gas pipeline supplysales meters annually, calibrate 579 industrial meters, maintain 670 metretekinstruments, exchange approximately 1,500 distribution meters for accuracytesting, train 300 contractors in operator qualification skill assessment,construction and safety practices, engineer 2,000 service orders and work orders,maintain all the records associated with all these facilities, and perform corrosionmonitoring and corrective work on 4,400 cathodically protected piping systems.Q. Are there other tasks that the Company must perform?A. Yes. The Company must perform thousands of mandated operating andmaintenance inspections on the infrastructure, calculate gas network studies tocorrectly size facilities for replacements and load additions, work proactively with5 local production companies who desire to connect and are connected directly tothe distribution facilities, maintain system pressures, monitor district regulator68