THEREFORE IT IS ORDERED THAT:

1. The request of Southern California Edison Company for approval of the proposed Gas Supply Plan for the State of California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Tolling Agreements, pursuant to D.03-04-029 and D.02-12-069 as submitted in Advice Letter 1701-E, is approved, as modified.

2. SCE's proposed Gas Supply Plan is modified with language proposed by DWR, as accepted by SCE, as set forth in SCE's May 9, 2003 public response to DWR's Supplemental Protest at pages 17-18, and as further modified as requested by DWR in its July 3, 2003 comments on the draft resolution.

3. Commission approval of SCE's Gas Supply Plan constitutes "prior consultation" between DWR and the Commission for purposes of complying with D.02-02-051, Appendix C, the Rate Agreement, Article 1, Section 1.1, Definitions, "Priority Long Term Power Contracts."

4. The protests of CAC and ORA are denied.

5. Gas supply plans shall meet all standards in adopted procurement plans.

6. SCE shall re-file its modified Gas Supply Plan with a supplemental advice letter within 10 days.

7. SCE shall file its next Gas Supply Plan on August 15, 2003, for the period October 2003 through March 2004.

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 July 10, 2003; the following Commissioners voting favorably thereon:

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