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Larry and Joe,
Is there any additional moral pressure that we can put on Westinghouse to get the resources needed to expedite the resolution of the Gleason 501FD issues and the vibration issues at Wheatland? The phone call by Larry to GE has made a world of difference. Regards Delainey ---------------------- Forwarded by David W Delainey/HOU/ECT on 05/17/2000 08:18 PM --------------------------- Gavin Gaul@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT 05/17/2000 03:01 PM To: Mark Dobler/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT cc: John Normand/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT, Mike J Miller/HOU/ECT@ECT, Mitch Robinson/Corp/Enron@Enron, David W Delainey@ECT, Robert P Virgo@ECT, Bill Fox/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT, Larry L Izzo/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT, Dennis Alexander/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT Subject: Re: Gleason Blade Ring Schedule Mark, We have been working diligently with Westinghouse to get a schedule for the removal and modification of the blade rings at Gleason. I requested Westinghouse begin to prepare for this work on Sunday after you confirmed that we could no longer tolerate the operating restriction being added to the unit. Based on discussions with Westinghouse on Sunday, we estimated that the work could be completed in 14 days. The site began disassembly of unit #2 on Monday. Unit #1 disassembly began on Tuesday because we had to wait for the unit to cool down. The first verbal schedule from Westinghouse was received Monday night. It showed the blade rings being machined in series at a single shop and resulted in the lasy unit being delayed about 4 days. I told Westinghouse this would not be acceptable and that the blade rings needed to be machined in parallel. Westinghouse agreed and has made a second shop available. Another schedule was published yesterday afternoon that required an additional step in the disassembly that I felt was not required and added a day to the duration. Westinghouse suggested that we remove the compressor blades from the rotor before we remove the blade rings. I have since concluded that removing the rotor blades first is in fact the correct procedure. As we discussed at the meeting this morning, this schedule for the blade rings, which has been at the site since last night, will be distributed to everyone today. In addition, the site will incorporate the remaining startup activities and issue an integrated schedule tonight. As we discussed at the meeting this morning, it is very unlikely that Gleason #1 and #2 can be available by June 1. Our optimistic estimate from the meeting this morning was June 4-7. Gavin To: John Normand/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT, Gavin Gaul/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT cc: Mike J Miller/HOU/ECT@ECT, Mitch Robinson/Corp/Enron@Enron, David W Delainey@ECT, Robert P Virgo@ECT, Bill Fox/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT, Larry L Izzo/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT Subject: Gleason Blade Ring Schedule John/Gavin - We have made progress over the last week in getting GE attention focused on the emissions problems at Lincoln. After 6 days of daily conferences on the subject, GE has arrived in force at Lincoln, with the personnel and resources required to address the problem. We are not out of the woods yet, but I believe everything is now being done that can be done to get as many machines available as possible by June 1. Enron needs the same focus from Westinghouse, on issues currently plagueing Wheatland and Gleason. Unlike Lincoln, where the machines are capable of producing MW's, these two sites have units that cannot operate. Namely, vibration issues on units 1 and 2 at Wheatland and compressor blade ring issues on units 1 and 2 at Gleason. ENA has been requesting since Monday this week, a definitve and complete schedule from EECC, showing the disassembly, shipping, machining, reassembly and testing of units 1 and 2 blade rings at Gleason. We still do not have this schedule. Furthermore, it would appear that after this morning's meeting, there is some confusion on what work actually needs to be performed in order to accomplish this task and what impact that may have on the 14-day schedule committed to ENA by Gavin Gaul on 5/15. I am not sure whether the communication breakdown is between business units at Westinghouse or between Enron and Westinghouse, but a schedule and plan is the first step towards getting the work done and we are two days into the work. I am expecting this plan to be circulated today. Lastly, although we have been verbally assured by Westinghouse that there will be no operating restrictions, other than routine borescope inspections during off-peak periods, OEC would be more comfortable getting this in writing. We are requesting a formal notice from Westinghouse, identifying any operational restrictions (post-blade ring repair) on these units. If there is any assistance you require, please do not hesitate to request it. We collectively have 14 days to declare all 15 units ready for commercial operation. MSD
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