Background
San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) and Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) filed the above-captioned application on December 2, 2004. The application makes three proposals. The first proposal is to integrate the gas transmission systems of SDG&E and SoCalGas, including the gas transmission rates. The second proposal is to establish a system of firm access rights utilizing transmission zones on the SDG&E and SoCalGas gas transmission system. The third proposal is to provide off-system deliveries to Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and to interconnections with interstate gas transmission lines serving California.
Thirteen protests and three responses to the application of SDG&E and SoCalGas were filed. SDG&E and SoCalGas filed a reply to the protests and responses on January 31, 2005.
In the March 24, 2005 ruling, a prehearing conference was noticed to discuss the preliminary list of issues contained in the ruling and to discuss the procedural schedule.1 Prehearing conference statements were filed, and the prehearing conference was held on April 28, 2005.
1 The preliminary list of issues was developed from the information contained in the application, the protests and responses to the application, and from the reply to the protests and responses.
