6. SDG&E's Motion to File Under Seal

Concurrent with its Petition, SDG&E filed a motion on September 5, 2008 to file the Petition under seal (SDG&E Motion). SDG&E provided a declaration from Mike McClenahan and accompanying exhibits regarding the confidentiality of certain portions of the Petition. The declaration identified information subject to requested confidential treatment, the appropriate reference to the Matrix Category in Appendix A of D.06-06-066 regarding confidential treatment of investor-owned utility data.

No party has objected to SDG&E's Motion, and we grant it with some reservations. SDG&E has sought broad protection, to the extent that the redactions made it difficult for us to draft a meaningful decision that actually grants the requested relief. Because no party objected and in the interest in achieving a timely resolution to the Petition to allow the J-Power peaker construction to finish quickly, we have not engaged in a thorough review of the individual redactions in this case. However, in the future, and in the amended Petition, if filed, SDG&E is encouraged to be more sparing in its application of redactions in order to allow public access to as much of the information relied upon by the Commission as possible, consistent with D.06-06-066.