THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700
S U M M A R Y
DIARY: September 1, 1994 09:00 AM Thursday;
Rod Welch
Visited CDWR in Stockton on communications.
1...Summary/Objective
2...Follow Up
3...CDWR Site Visit Sep 13 & 14
4...Environmental Training
5...Transfer Trip Equipment
6...Schedule
7...Communication Line Route & Methods
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CONTACTS
0201 - Calif. Dep Water Resources Telephone; fax or 800...
020101 - Ms. Lori Brown, E.E.
020102 - Project Manager PG&E Contract, Coastal Branch, Phase II =916 653 9849
020103 - Power Contracts
020104 - Mr. Ed Hills; =916 653 8374; Planning Division
020105 - Mr. Om Lakhotia; =916 653 3313; Electrical Design
020106 - Mr. Bon Nu; =916 445 7304; OFM Protection
020107 - Ms. Diana Cobleigh; =916 654 0707; Telecom
020108 - Ms. Wilma Ordiz; =916 653 8830; Telecom
0202 - PG&E Proj Mngmnt Transm Sys 415 973 6778 fax 8426
020201 - Mr. Bill DeHart, PMP
020202 - Project Manager, Room 1183B-V11C =415 973 5655 pger 510 810 3026
020203 - Project Management Group
0203 - PG&E Transm Contracts 415 973 3872 fax 972 0871
020301 - Mr. Kevin Coffee, E.E.
020302 - Contract Manager, Rm 2334 Mail Code B23A =415 973 3872
020303 - Transmission Contracts =415 972 0871 (fax)
0204 - PG&E Trans Sys Substation Engineering 415 973 3877 fax or 800...
020401 - Mr. Jivat Gidvani, E.E.
020402 - Engineer, Room 580, Mail Code F5C =415 973 3877
0205 - PG&E Stockton 209 956 7523 fax or 800...
020501 - Mr. Tom R. Maragliano; =209 956 7523
020502 - Computer & Network Operations
0206 - The Welch Company 415 781 5700
020601 - Mr. Rod Welch
SUBJECTS
San Luis Obispo Hydro Plant
Meeting, 940901 Stockton with CDWR
Follow Up - Engineering
0505 - ..
0506 - Summary/Objective
0507 -
050701 - This meeting follows up discussions with CDWR in Sacramento on Aug 18,
050702 - ref SDS 1 UR4O, and PG&E Engineering work on 940824. ref SDS 2 HMWU
050703 -
050704 - CDWR introduced the communication engineering team. Design and
050705 - schedule objectives were developed. Continued work on easement and
050706 - environmental issues is needed to meet overall project completion
050707 - goals. There was a separate discussion today in Stockton with CDWR on
050708 - pay estimate, budgets and notes of Aug 18 meeting, see ref SDS 4 line
050709 - 51.
050710 -
050711 -
050712 -
050713 - ..
050714 - Follow Up
050715 -
050716 - 1. CDWR will inspect project site to determine com line routes and
050717 - interface requirements with existing facilities.
050718 -
050719 - [This was done per ref SDS 7 line 204.]
050720 -
050721 - 2. PG&E will coordinate with local substations to facilitate
050722 - access by CDWR inspection team.
050723 -
050724 - [This was done per ref SDS 7 line 204.]
050725 -
050726 - 3. CDWR will obtain schedule from Pac Bell for installing lease
050727 - lines (PG&E schedule task GH0D3D).
050728 -
050729 - [Followed up at ref SDS 9 line 116.]
050730 - ..
050731 - 4. CDWR will submit com system design drawings, to PG&E next
050732 - month [PG&E proposes Oct 15, 1994], for PG&E's comments.
050733 -
050734 - [Followed up at ref SDS 9 line 136.]
050735 -
050736 - 5. PG&E will inform CDWR of design information PG&E needs for
050737 - connecting transfer trip equipment at the hydro plant.
050738 -
050739 - [This was submitted to CDWR at ref SDS 5 line 201.]
050740 -
050741 - 6. PG&E will submit to CDWR information on relays for Santa Maria
050742 - and SLO; and line outage frequency and reclosing times for the
050743 - 115kV San Luis Obispo-Santa Maria transmission line.
050744 -
050745 - [This was submitted to CDWR at ref SDS 5 line 201.]
050746 - ..
050747 - 7. CDWR will submit transmission line tensioning criteria to
050748 - PG&E.
050749 -
050750 - [This was followed up at ref SDS 6 line 216.]
050751 -
050752 -
0508 -
SUBJECTS
San Luis Obispo Hydro Plant
Engineering, Transfer Trip, Scope
Control Room, Positron
Communications
Environmental
1908 - Discussion
1909 -
190901 - Positron protection will be ordered by CDWR and installed by Pac Bell.
190902 -
190903 - Need separate cards.
190904 -
190905 -
190906 -
190907 -
190908 -
190909 - ..
190910 - CDWR Site Visit Sep 13 & 14
190911 -
190912 - Wilma said CDWR communication design staff will visit the project site
190913 - on Sep 13 and 14, to determine requirements for constructing telecom-
190914 - munications to support the transfer trip system. They will investi-
190915 - gate alternate com line routes and will meet with Pac Bell representa-
190916 - tives.
190917 -
190918 - Tom said PG&E has found that Pac Bell has had problems with the
190919 - descriptions of equipment. Different Pac Bell people and offices
190920 - use different names for the same equipment, so CDWR needs to
190921 - exercise care to insure common understanding with Pac Bell on
190922 - requirements and terminology.
190923 -
190924 - ..
190925 - Jivat explained that only plants that put power into the system,
190926 - i.e., generate power, require transfer trip protection. Since the SLO
190927 - Hydro Plant is the only facility in the project that generates power,
190928 - it is the only facility that requires transfer trip capability.
190929 -
190930 - Wilma said Pac Bell has not yet surveyed the communication lines.
190931 -
190932 -
190933 - CDWR will inspect PG&E's SLO and Santa Maria substations, and CDWR's
190934 - SLO Hydro facility and communication line routes.
190935 -
190936 - Bill advised that since Jeff Little is with the Land Department,
190937 - additional arrangements with PG&E local management need to be made
190938 - in advance of CDWR's visit, in order to gain access to the sub-
190939 - stations.
190940 - ..
190941 - Bill will confirm with Wilma.
190942 -
190943 -
190944 - ..
190945 - Environmental Training
190946 -
190947 - Ed Hills said the Pac Bell people will need "environmental" training
190948 - and an environmental monitor to perform the survey for the communica-
190949 - tion line.
190950 -
190951 - He said CDWR staff visiting the site, also need environmental
190952 - training. Wilma will get this training.
190953 -
190954 -
190955 -
190956 - ..
190957 - PG&E Requirements for
190958 - Transfer Trip Equipment
190959 -
190960 - Wilma asked about the size of the area PG&E needs and dimensions of
190961 - the equipment.
190962 -
190963 - Jivat explained this was submitted to CDWR in Sacramento at the
190964 - meeting on Aug 18, see notes at ref SDS 1 line 627, and ref DIP 1
190965 - line 12.
190966 -
190967 - Today, Jivat submitted to CDWR at the meeting a new sketch show-
190968 - ing revised transfer trip requirments. This is PG&E document
190969 - CDWR-1, ref DIT 1 line 30. This sketch replaces the sketch
190970 - submitted at the Aug 18, 1994 meeting via ref DIP 1 line 10.
190971 -
190972 - ..
190973 - PG&E's sketch submitted today at ref DIT 1 line 4, was reviewed
190974 - with CDWR during the meeting. It shows following equipment to be
190975 - supplied, installed and wired by PG&E:
190976 -
190977 - 1. Relay Rack
190978 -
190979 - 2. Jackfield
190980 -
190981 - 3. Two RFL-6745 Receivers
190982 -
190983 - 4. Westronics RTU
190984 -
190985 - 5. Trip signal cut-off switches.
190986 -
190987 - 6. Hendry Fuse Panel (Not shown on the sketch but to be
190988 - mounted on the relay rack
190989 - ..
190990 - All equipment supplied by PG&E will be mounted on one 19"
190991 - rack. The dimensions, layout of equipment on the rack and ac/dc
190992 - power requirements were submitted to CDWR on Aug 19, 1994 via fax,
190993 - attention Om Lakhotia (see ref DRP 1 line 70, received into the
190994 - record at ref SDS 2 line 70).
190995 -
190996 -
190997 - PG&E's engineering and construction scope is based on CDWR arranging
190998 - for leased lines and protection equipment (Positron shelves) at San
190999 - Luis Obispo Hydro, San Luis Obispo Substation and Diablo Canyon
191000 - Substation, as discussed at the meeting today.
191001 -
191002 - PG&E will provide protection equipment for lease line at PG&E's Santa
191003 - Maria Substation.
191004 - ..
191005 - PG&E will inform CDWR of additional drawings or sketches
191006 - required by the PG&E Protection Department for connecting transfer
191007 - trip equipment at the hydro plant.
191008 -
191009 - CDWR requested the following information from PG&E:
191010 -
191011 - 1. Type of relays at Santa Maria and San Luis Obispo substation
191012 - which would send direct transfer trip to the hydro plant.
191013 -
191014 - 2. 115kV San Luis Obispo-Santa Maria line outage frequency and
191015 - reclosing times.
191016 -
191017 - [This was accomplished at ref SDS 5 line 201]
191018 -
191019 -
191020 -
191021 - ..
191022 - Schedule
191023 -
191024 - Wilma and Diana feel there is ample time to arrange for Pac Bell to
191025 - construct the communication lines for the transfer trip system.
191026 -
191027 - CDWR needs to obtain scheduling activities and durations from
191028 - Pac Bell, and submit this to PG&E for incorporation into PG&E's
191029 - project schedule.
191030 -
191031 - [Followed up at ref SDS 8 line 658.]
191032 -
191033 -
191034 - Wilma indicated CDWR will submit drawings next month [PG&E proposes a
191035 - target date of Oct 15, 1994] on CDWR's proposed transfer trip control
191036 - facilities, to PG&E for review.
191037 -
191038 - [Followed up at ref SDS 8 line 244.]
191039 - ..
191040 - PG&E will submit comments on CDWR's proposed design, by the
191041 - first week of Nov, 1994.
191042 -
191043 -
191044 -
191045 -
191046 -
191047 -
1911 -
SUBJECTS
San Luis Obispo Hydro Plant
Easements, Communications for Transfer Trip
Procedures, Land, Routes, Power Transmission Line
Telecommunication Line
2807 - Summary/Objective
2808 -
280801 - Lori Brown said CDWR wants to avoid having to revise existing deeds
280802 - and easements.
280803 -
280804 - She indicated easements permit the phone line to be constructed
280805 - within the route of PG&E's transmission lines.
280806 -
280807 - Bill DeHart said PG&E does not want underground phone lines
280808 - installed within the transmission line route.
280809 -
280810 -
280811 - Diana Cobleigh asked if the communication line can share some of
280812 - the transmission line route?
280813 -
280814 - Bill indicated the communication line can cross the transmis-
280815 - sion line, but should not run parallel to it for any appre-
280816 - ciable distance.
280817 -
280818 - ..
280819 - Lori indicated the communication line may be routed to stay
280820 - within the pipeline route.
280821 -
280822 - She said CDWR is considering direct burial of the communica-
280823 - tion line, rather than hanging the line on PG&E's poles.
280824 -
280825 - [I do not know if these discussions cover BOTH a conventional
280826 - telephone line and also a com data line for the TR system?]
280827 -
280828 -
280829 -
280830 - ..
280831 - Communication Line Route & Methods
280832 -
280833 - Ed Hills asked how deep the line will be buried?
280834 -
280835 - Diana said the fiber optics lines are placed in a separate
280836 - trench.
280837 -
280838 -
280839 -
280840 - Wilma said CDWR needs the PG&E transmission route marked, so the CDWR
280841 - inspection team can determine a route for the communication line that
280842 - meets the requirements explained today.
280843 -
280844 - Bill DeHart said Jeff Little in PG&E's Fresno office can join
280845 - CDWR's inspection tour, to help identify the transmission line
280846 - route.
280847 - ..
280848 - Bill indicated the transmission line is staked now.
280849 -
280850 -
280851 -
280852 - Lori raised the prospect of modifying the easement for PG&E's
280853 - transmission line in order to permit CDWR's communication line to be
280854 - co-located.
280855 -
280856 - Ed Hills said telephone lines are being installed now on Tank 1. He
280857 - suggested the line for CDWR's telephone service might be co-located
280858 - with the lines for Tank 1.
280859 -
280860 - ..
280861 - Lori asked if Pac Bell's work will be covered by CDWR's "CEQA",
280862 - or if they do their own?
280863 -
280864 - Who furnishes the right of way for their work?
280865 -
280866 - [I am not sure if this is my question, or whether it is an
280867 - unanswered question posed during the discussion????]
280868 -
280869 -
280870 -
280871 - Ed asked about obtaining an EIR permit for Pac Bell's work? If
280872 - permits are required, CDWR will perform the work.
280873 -
280874 -
280875 -
280876 -
2809 -
SUBJECTS
San Luis Obispo Hydro Plant
Casmalia Pumping Plant
Right of Way Easements
Cadastral Survey
EIR, Casmalia, Revised Report
Survey Transmisison Line
Environmental Protection
3610 - Summary/Objective
3611 -
361101 - Follow up work at ref SDS 1 line 77, and discussions at ref SDS 1 line
361102 - 277.
361103 -
361104 - Lori has sent a letter to Bob Masuoka on the location of the Casmalia
361105 - pipeline.
361106 -
361107 -
361108 - Lori indicated that the pipeline route to Casmalia has not been
361109 - finalized, but Bob has been advised by CDWR that PG&E can proceed
361110 - to determine the route of the transmission line, as long as they
361111 - stay north of the Casmalia site.
361112 -
361113 -
361114 - ..
361115 - Ed Hills said CDWR will issue in Jan 1995 a revised
361116 - Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for Casmalia. The period for public
361117 - comment will be complete in Feb, 1995.
361118 -
361119 - Bill DeHart said PG&E's construction is scheduled for after
361120 - Feb.
361121 -
361122 - A few miles of the pipeline route have been burned by the recent
361123 - fires.
361124 -
361125 -
361126 -
361127 -
361128 -
3612 -
SUBJECTS
San Luis Obispo Hydro Plant
Transmission Line Design Standards
Line Tensioning
Bus Structure Elevations
PM PG&E Contract - Lori Brown
4108 - Summary/Objective
4109 -
410901 - Bill DeHart said PG&E needs the elevation of the bus structure, and
410902 - the maximum tension capacity of the bus.
410903 -
410904 - Lori said that CDWR has submitted to Bob Masuoka the bus
410905 - elevation.
410906 -
410907 - She has requested the tensioning information from DWR staff.
410908 -
410909 - [This was followed up at ref SDS 6 line 216.]
410910 -
410911 -
4110 -
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