2. The Request

Under this new service, SoCalGas and SDG&E (jointly "Utilities") will allow Carriers to place fiber optic cable in the Utilities' active gas pipelines. The Utilities will install and own all facilities in and on the gas pipelines necessary to place fiber optic cable in its pipelines using technology provided by the Carrier that meets the Utilities' criteria. The Utilities will not install the fiber optic cable itself. The installation of the fiber optic cable will be the responsibility of the Carrier, who will also own the cable. The Utilities will not provide a technology for the placement of fiber optic cable in its gas pipelines. Such technology must be provided by the Carrier, either through its ownership of the rights to such technology, or by having obtained a license to use such technology. In their showing, the Utilities have presented criteria they will apply to determine whether a technology is safe and reliable. The Utilities have also prepared tariff terms and conditions that address nondiscriminatory offering of service, pricing, capacity concerns, provision of information to potential Carriers, contracts for service, liabilities for third party damages, and dispute resolution.