Locating
Gas
Electric
Terms
Abbreviations
100
A series of depth readings that are consistent and logical for the type of facility being located.
What is a good trend?
100
The first part of the Natural Gas Pipeline System.
What is the production system?
100
Electrical current that reverses its direction in a circuit at regular intervals.
What is alternating current?
100
Any facilities placed in or on the ground.
What is plant?
100
RXMT
What is retransmit?
200
A passive device that can be buried over key facilities during construction or used to mark existing facilities during maintenance.
What is a marker ball?
200
The final step in delivering natural gas to end users.
What is distribution?
200
A section of cable, usually in conduit or protected by a cable U-guard, that runs up or down the side of a utility pole.
What is riser?
200
A large scope of work that requires multiple visits to complete.
What is project?
200
BTH
What is both?
300
A letter H lying on its side.
What is corridor mark?
300
Any observed malfunction of a gas pipeline component or deviation from normal operations that may indicate that the design limits of the gas facility have been exceeded, or may result in a hazard to people, property, or the environment.
What is an AOC?
300
An electromagnetic device that typically steps down or decreases the voltage of alternating current.
What is a transformer?
300
The entire area indicated on a request ticket to be marked for underground facilities.
What is scope of ticket?
300
WMB
What is water main break?
400
An area in the excavation area has been indicated that there are no facilities present based on proper verification procedures.
What is a clear ticket?
400
The efficient and effective movement of natural gas from producing regions to consumption regions.
What is transmission?
400
An above ground or underground enclosure where services are spliced to secondary mains.
What is a secondary pedestal?
400
The process of disconnecting a cable from its grounding point.
What is un-bonding?
400
P/L
What is property line?
500
A notification made by a One-Call Center indicating that a locate request has been processed and that the appropriate facility owners either have located and marked their underground facilities or have verified that facilities are not present in the area to be excavated.
What is positive response?
500
A mechanical device used to reduce gas pressure and to maintain a constant outlet pressure.
What is a gas regulator?
500
Underground between buildings, manholes, or substations to streamline the installation of power cables.
What is conduit?
500
The process of an excavator using a certain color of paint to indicate the route or area that is going to be excavated.
What is white lining?
500
URD
What is underground residential development?
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