According to a June 13 Notice of Amendment from the PHMSA to Spectra, the federal agency inspected the gas company’s Operating and Maintenance Procedures on Nov. 29, 2010 at Spectra headquarters in Houston, TX. In connection with that inspection, Spectra provided the PHMSA representatives a copy of the company’s Operations and Maintenance Plan. The inspectors found that Spectra’s plans and procedures were inadequate in a number of areas, including: continuing pipeline surveillance, emergency plans, and welding procedures. For example, with respect to continuing pipeline surveillance, federal regulations require every pipeline operator to define a procedure for monitoring its pipelines and to take appropriate action in response to changing conditions, such as corrosion, failure, leakage or other developments. During the inspection, federal regulators discovered the Spectra’s plans and procedures addressed only aerial surveillance and “did not adequately address the surveillance of all risk elements … .”

Source: NHLGreen.com and NHL.com
The Canucks have turned out the lights on the Blackhawks, Predators and the province of British Columbia this spring.
According to a spokesperson for BC Hydro, the electricity utility for British Columbia, energy usage across the province goes down during Canucks’ playoff games as more people are tuned into their televisions rather than doing anything else.
Chris Brumwell, the Director of Community and Media Relations for BC Hydro, said the drop in energy usage during Games 5 and 6 against Nashville was equivalent to turning off 13 million compact fluorescent light bulbs, a two percent decline from the normal activity. He said the conservation during Game 7 against Chicago equaled the turning off of 48 million light bulbs, which was a 3.6 percent dip.