Ronald van der Leeden
Director
Regulatory Affairs
555 W. Fifth Street, GT14D6
Los Angeles, CA 90013-1011
Tel: 213.244.2009
Fax: 213.244.4957
RvanderLeeden@socalgas.com
August 2, 2019
Advice No. 5498
(U 904 G)
Public Utilities Commission of the State of California
Subject: Schedule No. G-CPS July 2019 Cash-Out Rates
Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) hereby submits revisions to its Schedule
No. G-CPS, California Producer Service (G-CPS), applicable throughout its service
territory, as shown on Attachment A.
Purpose
This routine submittal updates the Imbalance Cash-out Rates in G-CPS with rates for
July 2019 as authorized by the California Public Utilities Commission’s (Commission)
approval, on February 11, 2014, of SoCalGas' Advice No. (AL) 4177-A which was
submitted in compliance with Resolution (Res.) G-3489 and is consistent with Decision
(D.) 07-08-029 and D.10-09-001.
Background
SoCalGas submitted AL 4177-A to implement the modifications ordered in Res. G-3489,
D.07-08-029, and D.10-09-001. Consistent with these documents, SoCalGas included
its new tariff, G-CPS, to cover SoCalGas’ costs associated with providing services to
California Producers. G-CPS also provides the rate calculation methodology for the
monthly California Producer Imbalance Cash-out rates using gas price indices published
by the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). On February 11, 2014, the Commission
approved G-CPS as part of AL 4177-A, along with other tariffs and agreement forms.
The methodology that SoCalGas uses to determine the Imbalance Cash-out Rates is
described in G-CPS, Special Condition 5.
On August 28, 2017, SoCalGas submitted AL 5179 which included modifications to the
G-CPS cash-out rate calculations by replacing: 1) ICE’s daily High, Low, and Average
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indices for SoCal Border Average with the Natural Gas Intelligence’s (NGI) daily High,
Low, and Average indices for SoCal Border Average; and 2) the Average Daily Index
with the 7-Day Average of the Average Daily Indices. On September 28, 2017, the
Commission approved the G-CPS modifications as part of AL 5179, along with other
tariff and agreement forms modifications. The modified methodology that SoCalGas
uses to determine the Imbalance Cash-out Rates is described in G-CPS, Special
Condition 5.
Information
The Imbalance Cash-out Rates will be submitted on or before the third business day of
each month to be effective on the date submitted. This submittal updates the July 2019
Imbalance Cash-out Rates and includes the previous month’s Imbalance Cash-out
Rates. The Imbalance Cash-out Rates are reflected in the attached G-CPS tariff
sheets.
Protest
Anyone may protest this Advice Letter to the Commission. The protest must state the
grounds upon which it is based, including such items as financial and service impact,
and should be submitted expeditiously. The protest must be made in writing and must
be received within 20 days of the date of this Advice Letter, which is August 22, 2019.
The address for mailing or delivering a protest to the Commission is:
CPUC Energy Division
Attn: Tariff Unit
505 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
A copy of the protest should also be sent via e-mail to the attention of the Energy
Division Tariff Unit (EDTariffUnit@cpuc.ca.gov). A copy of the protest should also be
sent via both e-mail and facsimile to the address shown below on the same date it is
mailed or delivered to the Commission.
Attn: Ray B. Ortiz
Tariff Manager - GT14D6
555 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013-1011
Facsimile No.: (213) 244-4957
E-mail: ROrtiz@socalgas.com
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Effective Date
SoCalGas believes this Advice Letter is subject to Energy Division disposition and
should be classified as Tier 1 (effective pending disposition) pursuant to General Order
(GO) 96-B. SoCalGas respectfully requests that the tariff sheets submitted herein be
effective August 2, 2019, which is the date submitted, and are to be applicable to the
period of June 2019 through July 2019.
Notice
A copy of this Advice Letter is being sent to SoCalGas’ GO 96-B service list and the
Commission’s service list in A.04-08-018, California Producer Access. Address change
requests to the GO 96-B service list should be directed via e-mail to
Tariffs@socalgas.com or call 213-244-2837. For changes to all other service lists,
please contact the Commission’s Process Office at 415-703-2021 or via e-mail at
Process_Office@cpuc.ca.gov.
________________________________
Ronald van der Leeden
Director – Regulatory Affairs
Attachments
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ADVICE LETTER
SUMMARY
ENERGY UTILITY
MUST BE COMPLETED BY UTILITY (Attach additional pages as needed)
Company name/CPUC Utility No.: Southern California Gas Company (U 904G)
Utility type:
ELC
✔
PLC
ELC = Electric
PLC = Pipeline
GAS
WATER
HEAT
Contact Person: Ray B. Ortiz
Phone #: (213) 244-3837
E-mail: ROrtiz@socalgas.com
E-mail Disposition Notice to: Tariffs@socalgas.com
EXPLANATION OF UTILITY TYPE
GAS = Gas
WATER = Water
HEAT = Heat
(Date Submitted / Received Stamp by CPUC)
Tier Designation: 1
Advice Letter (AL) #: 5498
Subject of AL: Schedule No. G-CPS July 2019 Cash-Out Rates
Keywords (choose from CPUC listing): Compliance; Non-Core; Tariffs
AL Type: ✔ Monthly
Quarterly
Annual
One-Time
Other:
If AL submitted in compliance with a Commission order, indicate relevant Decision/Resolution #:
Resolution G-3489
Does AL replace a withdrawn or rejected AL? If so, identify the prior AL: N/A
Summarize differences between the AL and the prior withdrawn or rejected AL: N/A
Yes
Yes
✔ No
✔ No
8/2/19
No. of tariff sheets: 4
Estimated system annual revenue effect (%): N/A
Estimated system average rate effect (%): N/A
When rates are affected by AL, include attachment in AL showing average rate effects on customer classes
(residential, small commercial, large C/I, agricultural, lighting).
Tariff schedules affected:
Schedule No. G-CPS and TOCs
Service affected and changes proposed1: N/A
Pending advice letters that revise the same tariff sheets: N/A
1
Discuss in AL if more space is needed.
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Protests and all other correspondence regarding this AL are due no later than 20 days after the date
of this submittal, unless otherwise authorized by the Commission, and shall be sent to:
CPUC, Energy Division
Attention: Tariff Unit
505 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
Email: EDTariffUnit@cpuc.ca.gov
Name: Ray B. Ortiz
Title: Regulatory Tariff Manager
Utility Name: Southern California Gas Company
Address: 555 West Fifth Street, GT14D6
City: Los Angeles
State: California
Telephone (xxx) xxx-xxxx: (213) 244-3837
Facsimile (xxx) xxx-xxxx: (213) 244-4957
Email: ROrtiz@socalgas.com
Name: SoCalGas Tariffs
Title:
Utility Name: Southern California Gas Company
Address: 555 West Fifth Street, GT14D6
City: Los Angeles
State: California
Telephone (xxx) xxx-xxxx: (213) 244-2837
Facsimile (xxx) xxx-xxxx: (213) 244-4957
Email: Tariffs@socalgas.com
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