Technical Guidelines

O&M Procedures
This Technical Guideline draws upon experience in the pipeline and other industries in highlighting the importance and the value of operations and maintenance (O&M) procedures for a distribution system. While the emphasis will be on distribution systems, the principles, processes, and considerations provided herein are applicable to transmission as well.

Management of Change
This Technical Guideline draws upon experience in the pipeline and other industries in highlighting the importance and the value of Management of Change (MOC) throughout the life cycle of a distribution system, including design, operations, maintenance, integrity management, emergency response, and abandonment, including temporary and emergency changes. While the emphasis will be on distribution systems, the principles, processes, and considerations provided herein can be applied to transmission as well.

EDR_Guidelines
This Guideline was developed by members of the Northeast Gas Association (NGA) and is intended to provide NGA Pipeline Operators with a framework and considerations for developing and enhancing an organization-specific gas system engineering design review (EDR) process. The goal of implementing a gas system design review process is to ensure that gas transmission and distribution systems are designed, constructed and operated in a safe and reliable manner with the goal of zero incidents.