On Friday, December 28, 2001, the Office of Ratepayer Advocates ("ORA") filed a motion requesting that the Commission suspend the procedural schedule in the SoCalGas/SDG&E 2003 BCAP. ORA also requests that the time to respond to its motion be shortened to ten days (Jan. 7). ORA's motion comes in the wake of the Commission's final decision in the Gas Industry Restructuring proceeding, Decision ("D.") 01-12-018, which was voted out on December 11, 2001. As you know, that decision adopts the Comprehensive Settlement Agreement ("CSA"), to which Transwestern is a party, with modifications. SoCalGas and SDG&E have notified the Commission that they will need to file revised BCAP applications (and supporting testimony) to reflect the impact of the CSA. SoCalGas has not given a date certain for the submission of its revised application, but hopes to provide that information to the Commission by mid-January. SDG&E plans on submitting its revised BCAP application 15 days after SoCalGas makes its filing. In its motion, ORA requests that the Commission suspend the procedural schedule in the BCAP, under which ORA is scheduled to submit its "report" (direct testimony) on March 22, 2002, until after SoCalGas and SDG&E have submitted their revised applications. After SoCalGas and SDG&E make their filings, the Commission would convene a second pre-hearing conference to adopt a new procedural schedule. It is unlikely SoCalGas will submit its revised BCAP application before the end of January. If SDG&E takes another 15 days to submit its revised application, that would leave a month, at most, under the current schedule for ORA to prepare its report. That is not enough time for ORA to get its act together, especially given the two cost allocation methodologies which may be at issue in the BCAP. Thus, it is very likely the Commission will grant ORA's motion. At a minimum, the ALJ will establish a new schedule after SoCalGas informs the Commission of the date when it will submit its revised application. ORA's motion does not raise any substantive issues. The fact of the matter is that the procedural schedule in the BCAP is going to slip even more as a result of adoption of the CSA. How much it will slip primarily depends on how quickly SoCalGas prepares its revised application. Accordingly, we do not believe it is necessary for Transwestern to respond to ORA's motion. Please do not hesitate to call or write if you have any questions.
Answer: SoCalGas BCAP
The meeting with IHS Energy representatives will take place tomorrow from 10:30 to 1:30 in EB3321 It will probably take a while to set up the equipment, I would think the actual presentation will start about 11:30. Please let me know if you will be able to attend. Catalina Cardenas Analyst Enron North America (713)345-3650
Answer: P2000 Meeting
All: Please see attached materials from Steve Kean. Ken Lay and Steve Kean met yesterday with the Governor of California and his policy director to discuss solutions to California's energy problems. The meeting was very constructive. Ken Lay and Steve offered some of Enron's proposed solutions and the Governor discussed the options he's considering. We've been asked to provide--by Tuesday--feedback on his proposals. The turn-around time is
Answer: Meeting with Governor Davis, need for additional comments/suggestions
Bo, Attached is the draft of the gas agreement for the StageCoach transaction. There are still a few blanks for which Andrew is getting the information. Please review and let me know if you have any questions. Also to follow up on our discussion from earlier concerning who would actually contracts with the PPL for the Utility Agreement; we had earlier discussed Tennessee Gas Pipeline contracting with the Utility with EES acting as their agent for interaction with the Utility. However, I think it should be EES who contracts with the Utility to receive electric service. TGP has contracted with ECS for Compression Services and ECS has contracted with EES for power. TGP has no need for a power deal. Let me know what you think about this. It is my understanding that EES is working on a revised draft of the TA for the Power Contract. Let me know if this is not correct. Thanks.
Answer:
Gas Agreement