BIE requested that the Commission issue an emergency order immediately Petition, suspending transportation services on the ME 1 natural gas liquids pipeline owned and operated by the public utility Sunoco Pipeline L.P. a/k/a/ Energy Transfer Partners (SPLP) owing to these discrete issues on the segment of ME 1 in the vicinity of Lisa Drive. Subsequently, on March 7, 2018, Commission Chairman Gladys M. Brown granted the and issued an Emergency Order (Emergency March Petition, Ex Parte containing specific terms and conditions discussed below. The Commission Order), ratified the without modification at the Public Meeting of March 15, Emergency Order 2018. Sunoco has neither filed an Answer to the nor requested a hearing March Petition on the emergency order as permitted by the and Commission Emergency Order regulations. See 52 Pa. Code § 3.4. This proceeding is directed at this specific safety concern on a specific portion of the ME 1 pipeline. The and the issued from it, March Petition, Emergency Order focused on the Lisa Drive concerns and did not initiate a public docket on pipeline utility safety in general, nor open a public inquiry regarding the safety and operations of SPLP as a public utility. The was the Commission’s direct and immediate Emergency Order response to a specific pipeline safety issue brought to it by the Commission’s pipeline safety staff in BIE. Under the terms of the SPLP had two options under which it Emergency Order, could seek relief from the suspension of transportation service directed in the Emergency One option was to take the steps necessary to satisfy BIE that SPLP had Order. addressed all safety issues raised in the and The other March Petition Emergency Order. was for SPLP to file an answer and conduct hearings to show why SPLP should no longer be subject to the restrictions of the SPLP proceeded under the former Emergency Order. option by taking those steps necessary to satisfy BIE, then in filing its SPLP Petition.
Petition, BIE requested that the Commission issue an emergency order immediately suspending transportation services on the ME 1 natural gas liquids pipeline owned and operated by the public utility Sunoco Pipeline L.P. a/k/a/ Energy Transfer Partners (SPLP) owing to these discrete issues on the segment of ME 1 in the vicinity of Lisa Drive. Subsequently, on March 7, 2018, Commission Chairman Gladys M. Brown granted the March Petition, and issued an Ex Parte Emergency Order (Emergency Order), containing specific terms and conditions discussed below. The Commission ratified the Emergency Order without modification at the Public Meeting of March 15, 2018. Sunoco has neither filed an Answer to the March Petition nor requested a hearing on the emergency order as permitted by the Emergency Order and Commission regulations. See 52 Pa. Code § 3.4. This proceeding is directed at this specific safety concern on a specific portion of the ME 1 pipeline. The March Petition, and the Emergency Order issued from it, focused on the Lisa Drive concerns and did not initiate a public docket on pipeline utility safety in general, nor open a public inquiry regarding the safety and operations of SPLP as a public utility. The Emergency Order was the Commission’s direct and immediate response to a specific pipeline safety issue brought to it by the Commission’s pipeline safety staff in BIE. Under the terms of the Emergency Order, SPLP had two options under which it could seek relief from the suspension of transportation service directed in the Emergency Order. One option was to take the steps necessary to satisfy BIE that SPLP had addressed all safety issues raised in the March Petition and Emergency Order. The other was for SPLP to file an answer and conduct hearings to show why SPLP should no longer be subject to the restrictions of the Emergency Order. SPLP proceeded under the former option by taking those steps necessary to satisfy BIE, then in filing its SPLP Petition.
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