20180126Avista to Staff_DR_126(H1).DOCX

HYDRO ONE LIMITED
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
JURISDICTION:OREGONDATE PREPARED:10/02/2017
CASE NO.:UM 1897WITNESS:Mayo Schmidt
REQUESTER:PUC StaffRESPONDER:Adele PantusaTYPE:Data RequestDEPT:Law
REQUEST NO.:Staff – 126(H1)TELEPHONE:[phone]EMAIL:[e-mail]:What experience does Hydro One have in operating a natural gas system? Please provide a detailed narrative of examples.RESPONSE:
Gregory K. Kiraly, Hydro One’s Chief Operating Officer since September of 2016, is a power and utilities executive with 30 years of experience and has an extensive background in energy transmission and distribution, in both electricity and gas. He has served in various executive leadership roles across three of the largest investor-owned utilities in the United States, namely Pacific Gas and Electric (“PG&E”), Commonwealth Edison, and Public Service Electric & Gas Company (“PSE&G”).  He spent the first ten years of his career in engineering and leadership roles responsible for managing gas distribution operations and assets.

In 1986, Mr. Kiraly was hired as an engineer at PSE&G in New Jersey in its gas distribution department.  He held various progressive engineering roles designing and building gas distribution assets for several years.  The specific assets managed included the gas distribution network of mains, services, metering and regulating equipment, and associated equipment.  He was promoted to district/area manager where for the next few years he was responsible for the design, engineering, construction, maintenance, and operation of a gas distribution network in northern New Jersey serving several hundred thousand customers.  He managed hundreds of managerial and craft employees along with construction contractors.  He also held a business development role for a couple of years marketing natural gas air-conditioning and other natural gas related services and thereafter roles in its electric distribution business.  Mr. Kiraly spent the last two years at PSE&G as its corporate safety manager, providing safety policy, direction, and program management for the entire company, including its gas business.

Mr. Kiraly joined PG&E, the primary subsidiary of Pacific Gas & Electric Corporation and California’s largest electric and gas utility, in 2008. While at PG&E, Mr. Kiraly was the Vice-President, Energy Delivery from 2008-2010 where he provided leadership  oversight of electric and gas maintenance and construction in San Francisco and the adjacent suburbs, and Electric Transmission, Substation, and Project Services throughout PG&E’s entire territory.  From 2008 to 2009, Mr. Kiraly was responsible for both gas and electric distribution operations for the city of San Francisco and the surrounding suburbs.  This included managing gas distribution operations, maintenance, and construction at multiple service centers and responsibility for thousands of employees and contractors, along with a budget in excess of $1B.  The specific assets managed included the gas distribution network of mains, services, metering and regulating stations and associated equipment.