14. Becoming a Party; Joining and Using the Service List
PG&E, SDG&E, SoCalGas, and Southwest Gas Corporation shall be respondents in this proceeding. All natural gas distribution utilities including, West Coast Gas, Alpine Natural Gas, and Southern California Edison (Catalina Island), as well as natural gas storage companies, Wild Goose Storage, Lodi Gas Storage, Gill Ranch Storage, and Central Valley Gas Storage are placed on notice that they may be subject to the decisions issued in this rulemaking, and this Order Instituting Rulemaking (OIR) shall be served upon them. This OIR shall also be served on Sacramento Natural Gas Storage, LLC, because this company has applied for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity from the Commission to operate a gas storage facility. (See A.07-04-013.) If A.07-04-013 is granted, Sacramento Natural Gas Storage would be subject to the orders issued in this OIR.
Respondents shall be placed on the service list automatically as parties, but other entities as well as other interested parties and those interested in monitoring the proceeding shall follow the instructions below.
To ensure you receive all documents, send your request within 30 days after the OIR is published. The Commission's Process Office will publish the official service list at the Commission's website (www.cpuc.ca.gov) and will update the list as necessary.
14.1. During the First 30 days
Within 30 days of the publication of this OIR, any person may ask to be added to the official service list. Send your request to the Process Office. You may use e-mail (Process_Office@cpuc.ca.gov) or letter (Process Office, California Public Utilities Commission, 505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102). Include the following information:
· Docket Number of this Rulemaking;
· Name (and party represented, if applicable);
· Postal Address;
· Telephone Number;
· E-mail Address; and
· Desired Status (Party, State Service, or Information Only).9
If the OIR names you as respondent, you are already a party, but if you wish a different representative, you must still ask to be added to the official service list.
14.2. After the First 30 Days
If you want to become a party after the first 30 days, you may do so by filing and serving timely comments in the Rulemaking (Rule 1.4(a)(2)), or by making an oral motion (Rule 1.4(a)(3)), or by filing a motion (Rule 1.4(a)(4)). If you file a motion, you must also comply with Rule 1.4(b). These rules are in the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, which you can read at the Commission's website.
If you want to be added to the official service list as a non-party (that is, as State Service or Information Only), follow the instructions in Section 14.1 above.
14.3. Updating Information
Once you are on the official service list, you must ensure that the information you have provided is up-to-date. To change your postal address, telephone number, e-mail address, or the name of your representative, send the change to the Process Office by letter or e-mail, and send a copy to everyone on the official service list.
14.4. Serving and Filing Documents
When you serve a document, use the official service list published at the Commission's website as of the date of service. You must comply with Rules 1.9 and 1.10 when you serve a document to be filed with the Commission's Docket Office. If you are a party to this Rulemaking, you must serve by e-mail any person (whether Party, State Service, or Information Only) on the official service list who has provided an e-mail address.
The Commission encourages electronic filing and e-mail service in this Rulemaking. You may find information about electronic filing at http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/PUC/efiling. E-mail service is governed by Rule 1.10. If you use e-mail service, you must also provide a paper copy to the assigned Commissioner and Administrative Law Judge. The electronic copy should be in Microsoft Word or Excel formats to the extent possible. The paper copy should be double-sided. E-mail service of documents must occur no later than 5:00 p.m. on the date that service is scheduled to occur.
If you have questions about the Commission's filing and service procedures, contact the Docket Office.
9 If you want to file comments or otherwise actively participate, choose "Party" status. If you do not want to actively participate but want to follow events and filings as they occur, choose "State Service" status if you are an employee of the State of California; otherwise, choose "Information Only" status.
