Elimination of the Gas Fixed Cost Account (GFCA)

SDG&E proposes to eliminate the GFCA as it applies to SDG&E's gas base costs as of the beginning of 1999. SDG&E maintains this approach is consistent with Commission policy and with its proposed establishment for rate indexing. On the electric side, ERAM was eliminated in D.97-10-057. SDG&E explains that there is no reason to track differences between forecasted and actual sales with a rate index PBR mechanism.