ALJ/KLM/avs Mailed 6/17/2005
Decision 05-06-029 June 16, 2005
BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Application of Pacific Gas and Electric Company to Revise its Gas Rates and Tariffs to be Effective July 1, 2005. (U 39 G) |
Application 04-07-044 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page
3. Agreement on Throughput Forecast, Ratemaking and Rate Design Issues 55
A. Minimum Monthly Residential Transportation Bill 55
B. Gas Baseline Tier Differential 66
D. Core Commercial Rates and Charges 77
E. Forecast of Natural Gas Throughput and Customers 77
F. West Coast Gas Distribution Transportation Rates 88
H. Other Balancing Account Modifications 1010
I. Balancing Account Treatment for Noncore Distribution Revenues 1111
4. Agreement on Master Meter Discounts 1212
5. Agreement on Natural Gas Vehicle Rates 1313
6. Allocation of CARE Surcharge Costs 1414
7. Allocation and Ratemaking Treatment of SGIP Costs 1717
8. Calculation of Marginal Costs 1919
C. Miscellaneous Marginal Cost Issues 2222
9. Categorization and Need for Hearings 2323
APPENDIX A
Summary of Decision
This order resolves all outstanding issues in this application of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to allocate certain costs among various rates for natural gas services and to establish gas throughput forecasts upon which to base those rates.
This decision adopts several settlements filed by the parties on various issues and resolves three other outstanding disputed matters. As a result of this order, PG&E's residential gas rates will increase by about 1.9% per therm. Small commercial rates will decrease very marginally by .1%. Large commercial core rates will fall by 5.5% and the rates of large commercial customers that take transportation only will fall by 25.3% as a result of partial deaveraging ordered today. Industrial transportation rates increase by 4.6% for transmission level service and distribution rates decrease by 5.7%.
