3. Request

The utilities seek authority to replace the cost allocation methods currently being used to recover their costs of PP programs with a single, unified equal percent of base revenue (EPBR) cost allocation method beginning

January 1, 2009.⁵ The utilities also seek authority to recover their costs of all future PP programs, such as the CICS and SWH programs, through the EPBR cost allocation method.

⁵ Equal percent of base revenue assigns costs to individual customer classes based on the same percentage of base transportation revenue allocated to each customer class. For SoCalGas and SDG&E, EPBR is the sum of customer costs (including service lines and meters), distribution costs, and transmission costs. For PG&E, ECPB is the sum of customer access costs (noncore transmission service connections), distribution costs (including core and noncore service connection), local transmission costs, and backbone transmission costs.