3. Procedural History

SDG&E and SoCalGas filed the petition to modify D.08-07-046 on May 15, 2009, and a timely reply was filed by the Division of Ratepayer Advocates on June 15, 2009.¹ On June 29, 2009, the assigned Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) directed SDG&E and SoCalGas to file and serve an additional declaration to propose a specific methodology to amortize any incremental expenses and the petitioners replied on July 7, 2009. The entire record consists of the full record of A.06-12-009 et al. as well as the petition, declarations by petitioners, and the one timely reply.

¹ There is an unrelated petition to modify D.08-07-046 filed October 15, 2008 which is not addressed in this decision.