To link operating professionals with their peers for the purpose of exchanging forward thinking ideas and information, the SGA Distribution and Transmission Operating Sections have a number of defined Interest Groups.

Interest Groups Currently Active in the Resource Center (as of December 2006):

• Call Center Operations
• Customer Field Service Utilization
• Distribution Engineers
• Distribution Integrity Management Programs (DIMP)
• Distribution Measurement
• Distribution Operations & Maintenance
• Distribution Regulatory Compliance
• Emergency Management
• Engineering Management
• Gas Control
• Gas Forecasters
• Gas Quality Issues
• LNG Operations
• Operator Qualification
• Pipeline Integrity
• Public Awareness
• Right of Way

What is an Interest Group?

• An Interest Group is a community of gas operating professionals with interest within a specific area. 
• Each Interest Group is facilitated by a Steering Committee
• Information relevant to each Interest Group is distributed to the Group by email or posted in the SGA Resource Center.
• Interest Group members are encouraged to interact by submitting topics for discussion, or requesting information from others. Info-Share Surveys; Info-Share Audio Conference and Conference Calls; and Info-Share Web Conferences are tools utilized to facilitate the exchange of information.   
• SGA members can be part of as many Interest Groups as they like. 

Interest Group Process

• Identify issues / challenges
• Facilitate conversation (leads to the discovery of ideas and possible solutions) 
• Educate, collaborate, and/or train
• Implementation
• Lessons learned
• Best practices

 

For more information or to be added to an Interest Group please contact:  Pat Turman (pturman@southerngas.org; 972-620-4021)

 

 

This page updated: January 2007