ALJ/PVA/jva Mailed 9/8/2006

Decision 06-09-022 September 7, 2006

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Application of San Diego Gas & Electric Company (U 902 E) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Silvergate Substation Project.

Application 05-03-024 (Filed March 30, 2005)

(See APPENDIX A for List of Appearances.)

OPINION GRANTING CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE
AND NECESSITY FOR THE SILVERGATE SUBSTATION PROJECT

Summary

We grant the request of San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) for the Silvergate Substation Project. The Silvergate Substation Project consists of construction of a new and larger substation (Silvergate) to replace SDG&E's existing Main Street Substation in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of the City of San Diego, and the reconfiguration (undergrounding and removal) of existing transmission lines. We grant SDG&E's request for the new substation to be air-insulated, rather than gas-insulated, and we adopt the Final Environmental Impact Report (Final EIR) for this project, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).