THEREFORE IT IS ORDERED THAT:

1. The Emergency Proposal of San Diego Gas and Electric to Temporarily Revise Gas Transportation Service Level for Electric Generation Customers (Gas Rule 14) as requested in Advice Letter AL 1210-G is denied effective today.

2. In the event a curtailment of gas transportation is necessary due to system capacity restraints, SDG&E shall be required to curtail the Rosarito plant first and only during each and every curtailment until adequate capacity is built to support the Rosarito load. In the event the total capacity utilized by the Rosarito plant at the time a curtailment is called is not adequate to support the necessary required reduction, the remaining amount of load to be curtailed will be taken from the remaining power plants on a pro rata basis, simultaneously.

3. The Commission shall open an Investigation (OII) into the activities of Sempra Energy, SoCalGas and San Diego Gas and Electric with regard to the planning of the SDG&E gas transmission system and the providing of service to the Rosarito plant.

4. The curtailment of the Rosarito plant as discussed above shall be permanent, until such time as the capacity constraints on the San Diego system are relieved permanently or until the Commission completes its investigation and rules otherwise.

5. SDG&E shall file an advice letter making the revisions to curtailment procedures discussed herein to San Diego Gas Tariff Rule 14 within five days of approval of this Resolution.

This Resolution is effective today.

I certify that the foregoing resolution was duly introduced, passed and adopted at a conference of the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California held on October 5, 2000; the following Commissioners voting favorably thereon:

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