Enbridge P O P lacks FIZZ

The Hearings are looking into a lot of stuff—BUT the big elephant in the room as I see it is Enbridge’s lack of corporate (by the Board of Directors) commitment to the public about to doing a better job of OPERATING their systems..their proven lack of concern about operational safety (see NTSB Kalamazoo reports,etc.) lingers in our minds—anyone can BUILD a good pipeline (although Enbridge needed to ad significantly –(half billion dollars worth!) –to boost the safety components in the 11th hour -in response to public concerns generated by the Kalamazoo NTSB report)—

the PIPE part of a pipeline is the easy part to sell—it’s the POP part that concerns many –

’P’—the party ;

‘O’-- OPERATING the

‘P’ Pipeline!

Enbridge said, here and there, that they’ve learned from the Kalamazoo and they’ve made some progress in their training and organization to do a better job. —BUT pipelines don’t improve with age the last time I checked –only a continual, due diligent, approach to ongoing system operations safety can begin to result in a safe system—the Kalamazoo line was 40 or 50 years ‘old’—as I read the NTSB report ,they were NOT impressed with Enbridge’ management of this aging system—We don’ want to see a repeat of this style of management on OUR aging Northern Gateway Pipeline..

Enbridge have not been able to convince the public that they’ll behave differently –what to me looks like unwillingness to ‘fess up’ to past screw ups—and to state categorically that they now have changed their ways.
What the public needs to see IN WRITING and at public gatherings is the NEW ENBRIDGE MANDATE about their full Board commitment to how they’ll change –show the NEW organization and spell out the details of this new approach—

The public ‘read’ Enbridge with suspicion as they BULLY THEIR WAY thru this hearing process---

My ideas about an ‘Epiphany’ may be laughable to the Enbridge folks—BUT what they’re doing to date is not convincing us that they’ll change – their pretty picture ,fluffy ads are annoying and likely counter productive..I

I stand by my lecture(Trust Enbridge?) to Enbridge—I offered this as a constructive formula of ‘repentance’ and suggestion for meaningful and progressive way to get the public and political arenas accepting the NEW ENBRIDGE—do they have the cojones –I remain doubtful---

Result;another un-built pipeline –maybe we’ll eventually see a different proponent with better savvy about ‘we peasants’ in BC--

And, I’ve not received any response from Enbridge,yet—maybe a canned response will arrive one day—as has happened occasionally in the past..