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SoCalGas' Rule
23 provides for firm and interruptible noncore customers
to transfer interastate curtailment requirements among themselves.
This page is for customers interested in transferring intrastate
curtailment quantities under the provisions of SoCalGas ’ Rule
23 .
The information posted was provided by customers, including
all contact information. Postings by SoCalGas are intended
solely to facilitate intrastate curtailment transfers for
customers of SoCalGas. No representation is made by SoCalGas
as to whether or not a transfer arrangement of any curtailment
quantities will, in fact, be completed.
Further, SoCalGas has no responsibility or liability regarding
contacts made or arrangements completed as a result of the
posting. Customers are responsible for any errors in the
information provided. Postings are subject to all applicable
laws and regulations.
The Curtailment Transfer Process
Customers may make arrangements to transfer or “trade” curtailment
requirements. Through such an arrangement, responsibility for
a specified curtailment level can be transferred from one customer
(who otherwise would be required to curtail) to another customer
(who would not otherwise be required to curtail).
Customers who reach mutual agreement on a transfer of curtailment
requirements must execute a “Notice
of Intrastate Curtailment Transfer” (Form No. 6600) (This
is a sample document, not for actual use.) and submit
this form to The Gas Company. The form must indicate the customer
facilities involved in the trade and must specify the amount
of curtailment to be transferred between each. Transfer arrangements
are not valid until the required form is accepted and agreed
to by The Gas Company. Accordingly, customers should submit
their curtailment trades as early as possible. A copy of the
transfer form may be obtained by contacting your Gas Company
account executive
Noncore customers can express their interest in transferring
intrastate curtailment requirements with each other and obtain
each other’s contact information by adding their names
to the curtailment.
Contact Mark
Otrhalek (213-244-2833) to add or remove your company
Curtailment Background Information
General
From time-to-time, The Gas Company may need to interrupt service to its
customers. The tariff provisions governing the process of service interruption
or “curtailment” are set forth in Tariff
Rule 23, “Continuity of Service and Interruption of Delivery."
(Note: While The Gas Company exercises reasonable
diligence and care to furnish and deliver service
to its customers, it is not liable for damages resulting
from any failure to deliver gas or provide service,
which failure results from breakage of its facilities,
operating limitations or other conditions beyond
its reasonable control.)
The situations requiring curtailment vary but generally
fall into these categories:
· General or “System” Curtailment
· Emergency Curtailment
· Localized Curtailment
The purpose of this overview is to help you better
understand the general provisions of curtailment. It
is not intended to be a substitute for Rule 23 or the
other tariff schedules The Gas Company has on file
with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
All of these tariffs can be reviewed online.
Order of Curtailment
In the event of a system curtailment, The Gas Company shall curtail service
throughout its service area in the following order:
· Interruptible noncore standby procurement
service
· Firm noncore standby procurement service
· Unbundled as-available storage withdrawal services
· Interruptible noncore intrastate transmission service
· Firm noncore intrastate transmission service
· Unbundled firm storage withdrawal services
· Priority 2A (or “large”) core service to non-residential
customers
· Priority 1 (or “small”) core service to non-residential
customers
· Priority 1 core service to residential customers
Emergency Curtailment
The Gas Company may need to curtail service on an emergency basis. This
occurs at times where there is a threatened or actual shortage creating
an emergency condition for a short duration in The Gas Company’s
ability to meet the demands of core customers. During such an emergency,
The Gas Company may curtail service to all or some of its customers
in the most reasonable and practicable manner possible. Further, in
such an emergency, The Gas Company shall have the right to shut off,
discontinue, re-establish, or continue service to such customers, irrespective
of the priority or preference set forth in its tariff schedules, contracts,
or rules and regulations applicable to such service.
Localized Curtailment
The Gas Company may need to curtail service in a specific area of its
service territory due to intrastate capacity restrictions or emergencies.
In such an event, curtailment of service to customers in the affected
area will generally be made based on the order of curtailment shown
above (and specified in Section C.1 of Tariff Rule 23). However, this
order will be followed only to the extent it is operationally feasible
to do so. Given the nature of the localized constraint, customers in
unconstrained areas may receive service while other customers or equal
or higher priority are curtailed or interrupted. Unbundled as-available
and firm storage withdrawal service may not be available for deliveries
to customers whose service is restricted as a result of a localized
curtailment.
Noncore Interruptible Service
Noncore interruptible service to affected customers will be curtailed
by percentage of default rate paid, with customers paying the lowest
percentage of default curtailed first. Customers paying the same percentage
of default rate will be curtailed on a pro rata basis with the exception
that all affected UEG service shall be curtailed before affected cogeneration
service.
Noncore Firm Service
Noncore firm service to affected customers will be curtailed by the rotation
mechanism described in Section C.2 of Tariff Rule 23. For determining
the order of curtailment, firm service customers shall be separated
into two lists. The first list shall contain all UEG and cogeneration
customers (UEG listed first) and the second list shall contain all
other firm service customers. The order of customers on each list shall
be established by random lottery. The Gas Company shall aggregate the
listed customers into blocks of approximately 20 MMcfd, to the extent
possible ).
(Note: Customers with peak-day usage of 20 MMcfd
or more shall remain separately listed as one curtailment
block.)
The blocks to be curtailed shall be established by
1) selecting the first block from one list, 2) selecting
the first block from the second list, and 3) continuing
the selections down the two lists until the necessary
level of curtailment is reached. Additional curtailment
of firm service or (or the next firm service curtailment)
will begin with the customer block immediately following
the last block selected.
Curtailment Notice
The Gas Company shall provide notification of a curtailment to the contact
personnel indicated on the Personnel Notification Form most recently
submitted by the customer. Curtailment notification shall be provided
by any one or more of the following means: verbally by telephone or
in person; in writing via electronic mail, facsimile machine, or overnight
postal delivery; or by text message sent via an alphanumeric pager
system. The Gas Company will attempt to provide advance notice of a
curtailment but only to the extent it is practical to do so. In some
situations, The Gas Company may need to curtail your service immediately
upon notification of the curtailment. In this event, the customer shall
be required to curtail or will be found in violation of curtailment.
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