SUMMARY

Southern California Gas Company (SCG) filed an application on September 3, 2003 with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to begin its 2005 Biennial Cost Application Proceeding (BCAP). SoCalGas requests that their BCAP rates be made effective January 1, 2005.

In the 2005 BCAP, SCG will seek to revise their gas rates to reflect updated demand forecasts and cost allocation to their customers. The costs to be allocated in the BCAP include most non-gas commodity costs of service. SoCalGas will also provide forecasts of various regulatory account balances. These regulatory accounts were previously authorized by the CPUC so the utilities could record the difference between actual and forecasted costs and revenues for subsequent recovery in rates.

Witness Name	Areas of Testimony Download Testimony (Adobe Acrobat File)
L. Nguyen	Gas Price Forecast, Alternate Fuels Price Forecast Appendix
Chris Roberts	Residential Demand, Core Nonresidential Demand, Unaccounted for Gas
Mark Otrhalek	Noncore C&I Demand (excluding refineries), Smaller Noncore Generation, Noncore to Core Migration
Sharon Pope	EOR Demand and Revenues, Interutility Exchange Demand & Revenues
Brenda Chen	Refinery Demand, Refinery-Related Cogeneration Demand
Luis Pando	Power Plant Demand, Wholesale and International Demand
Herb Emmrich	Cost Allocation Policy Embedded Cost Study
Dave Bisi	Transmission Resource Plan
Allison Smith	Marginal Cost Study Table
Steve Lango	Rates and Rate Design, Non-Margin Cost Allocation Table
Reginald Austria	Regulatory Account Balances
Jeff Horn Joe Velasquez	100% Balancing Account Treatment for NFCA, Firm Noncore Service Options and Requirements, Sempra-wide NGV Rate Proposal, GT-I vs. GT-F Rate Differentiation, Self-Generation Program Cost Allocation Tariffs