2. Background

D.97-06-091 granted Wild Goose a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) to provide a 14 billion cubic feet (Bcf) natural gas storage facility in California's Butte County and to offer storage services at market-based rates. D.02-07-036 amended Wild Goose's CPCN to authorize, subject to certain conditions, expansion of the existing Wild Goose gas storage facility to 29 Bcf. The present capacity of the facility is 24 Bcf.

From the date of certification and continuing until April 2002, Wild Goose was the wholly owned, indirectly held subsidiary of another Canadian company, Alberta Energy Company, Ltd. (AEC). Following the merger of AEC into PanCanadian Energy Corp., the merged company was renamed EnCana.
D.03-06-099 approved the indirect transfer of control over Wild Goose from AEC to EnCana.

This Commission also regulates, as pipeline utilities, portions of both SFPP and CALNEV. These entities transport gasoline, diesel fuel, and jet fuel on an intrastate basis in California.