XII. Other Operating Costs

There is no dispute regarding SoCalGas' recommendations for unaccounted for gas, well incidents and surface leaks, carrying cost of gas in storage, and company use fuel. SoCalGas' forecast for unaccounted for gas is a factor of 1.27% of total annual throughput for the 1999 forecast period. Based upon five-year historical data, SoCalGas recommends that annual losses from surface leakage, well incidents, and field blow downs be estimated at 63 MMcf/d, less than half the estimate for the 1996 BCAP period. SoCalGas estimates the carrying cost of gas in storage to be $1,702,000 in BCAP year 2000; $1,710,000 in BCAP year 2001; and $1,710,000 in BCAP year 2002. Forecasted company use fuel includes usage at transmission compressor stations, storage fields, and miscellaneous company use. Transmission fuel is estimated at 3,865 MMcf per year, storage fuel is estimated at 2,600 MMcf per year, and miscellaneous company use is estimated at 355 MMcf per year. No party opposed these cost estimates and they will be adopted.