FINDINGS

1. Sempra Energy on behalf of San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) filed an Emergency Proposal to Temporarily Revise Gas Transportation Service Level for Electric Generation Customers (Gas Rule 14) on August 1, 2000.

2. SDG&E requested that the protest period be shortened to five days and that the Advice Letter become effective on August 8, 2000.

3. The shortened protest period was not allowed. The Advice Letter did not become effective on August 8, 2000.

4. Protests filed by the Electric Generator Alliance (EGA; California ISO; Air Resources Board; Air Pollution Control District, County of San Diego; Utility Consumers' Action Network and Environmental Health Coalition Joint Protest; City of Carlsbad; and the American Lung Association of San Diego and Imperial Counties are granted.

5. The Comments of the Paul Ecke Ranch, Four Seasons Resort, Tri-City Medical Center, Angelica Health Care and the Office of Ratepayer Advocates were taken into consideration.

6. The Encina, South Bay and Rosarito electric generation plants currently take firm noncore service.

7. SDG&E is requesting to switch the Encina, South Bay and Rosarito electric generation plants from firm noncore service to interruptible service.

8. This reclassification of EG customers to interruptible service levels would result in treating the power plants differently from other firm noncore customers.

9. The gas transmission system began experiencing capacity restraint problems in mid July, two weeks after the startup of the Rosarito electric generation plant on June 29, 2000.

10. SDG&E states that these capacity restrictions came on "suddenly and unexpectedly".

11. SDG&E has known since the early 1990's that the Rosarito plant was planned.

12. SDG&E's proposal to modify the curtailment rules to meet this capacity problem unfairly penalize citizens of San Diego both through exposure to increased air pollution and through possible reduction of electric service.

13. SDG&E Advice Letter 1210-G is denied