III. PG&E's Open Season Procedures
In its July 13, 2001, application, PG&E described the open season procedures as follows: firm annual capacity would be awarded on the Redwood,4 Baja, and Silverado Paths (905,245, and 155 MDth/day, respectively) and seasonal capacity would be awarded on the Baja Path, only (200 MDth/day). The amount of capacity offered in the open season is approximately 80% of each Path's available capacity, after reservations for service to the core customers provided by PG&E and third parties, and after pre-existing long-term contracts are satisfied. 5 PG&E reserved the remaining 20% of available capacity for a future open season. Simultaneously with filing its application, PG&E initiated its open season and sent the information attached as exhibits to the application to potential customers as part of the open season information packet. The open season information addressed the following topics:
4 The Redwood path includes 200 MDth/day of additional capacity PG&E plans to add during 2002. 5 Long-term contract commitments include SMUD, Expedited Application Docket (EAD) contracts, Crockett, and G-XF contracts.
