ALJ/MAB/hkr Mailed 11/2/2000

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Order Instituting Investigation into the adequacy of the Southern California Gas Company's and San Diego Gas & Electric Company's (SDG&E) gas transmission systems to serve the present and future gas requirements of the SDG&E's core and noncore customers.

FILED PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION NOVEMBER 2, 2000 SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE INVESTIGATION 00-11-002

ORDER INSTITUTING INVESTIGATION

Summary

In this decision, we order Sempra Energy (Sempra), Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) to demonstrate that SDG&E's gas supply and transmission system is adequate to provide service to present and future core and noncore customers.