Procedural Background
On August 9, 2000, SDG&E filed an emergency motion seeking authorization to enter into bilateral power contracts. SDG&E also seeks approval to establish a sub-account to track related costs within the Purchased Electric Commodity Account (PECA). SDG&E seeks similar authority to that granted to Southern California Edison Company (SCE) and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in Decision (D.) 00-08-023.
On August 14, 2000, Administrative Law Judge Cooke issued a ruling establishing a procedural schedule for handling the motion. Responses to the motion were filed on August 17, 2000 by the City of San Diego (City)1, the Office of Ratepayer Advocates (ORA), the Utility Reform Network (TURN), California Power Exchange (PX), Western Power Trading Forum (WPTF), the Alliance for Retail Markets (ARM), and Shell Energy Services LLC (Shell).
