Message-ID: <18421458.1075846712203.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 10:27:00 -0700 (PDT) From: zangeles@sempra.com To: alexanms@sce.com, paulamirault@aec.ca, david.bayless@utility.com, tomb@crossborderenergy.com, burkee@cts.com, craigc@calpine.com, rick.counihan@greenmountain.com, jdasovic@enron.com, mday@gmssr.com, bdingwall@unitedgas.com, eke@aelaw.com, johnson_pamela@lacoe.edu, chj@aelaw.com, karpjos@sf.whitecase.com, pkeeler@br-inc.com, jleslie@luce.com, kmccrea@sablaw.com, 6266273191@messaging.sprintpcs.com, rmp@cpuc.ca.gov, porterdk@sce.com, rochmanm@cubjpa.org, rochmanm@spurr.org, sscott3@enron.com, gworster@txuenergy.com, zaiontj@bp.com Subject: GIR: FELLOW SIGNATORIES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT - ALTRA Cc: gsullivan@sempra.com, llorenz@socalgas.com, jsuwara@sempra.com, rbetonte@socalgas.com, dfollett@sempra.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bcc: gsullivan@sempra.com, llorenz@socalgas.com, jsuwara@sempra.com, rbetonte@socalgas.com, dfollett@sempra.com X-From: "Angeles, Zenee G. - TPZGA" X-To: "Alexander, Michael@sce" , "Amirault, Paul@AEC" , "Bayless, David@Utility" , "Beach, Thomas@Crossborder" , "Burkholder, John@cts/whb" , "Chancellor, Craig@Calpine" , "Counihan, Rick@Green Mountain" , "Dasovich, Jeff@Enron" , "Day, Michael@GMSSR" , "Dingwall, Brian@UEM" , "Elsesser, Evelyn@aelaw" , "Johnson, Pamela@REMAC" , "Jun, Christine@aelaw" , "Karp, Joseph@Whitecase" , "Keeler, Paul@BR" , "Leslie, John@Luce" , "McCrea, Keith@CIG/CM" , "Paul, Joe@Dynegy" <6266273191@messaging.sprintpcs.com>, "Pocta, Mark@ORA" , "Porter, Doug@SCE" , "Rochman, Michael@CUB" , "Rochman, Michael@SPURR" , "Scott, Susan@TW" , "Worster, Gerard@TXU" , "Zaiontz, Jean@BP" X-cc: "Sullivan, Glen J." , "Lorenz, Lad - TPLPL" , "Suwara, J.- TPJUS" , "Betonte, Robert - TP2RSB" , "Follett, B. David - TPDBF" X-bcc: X-Folder: \Susan_Scott_Dec2000_June2001_1\Notes Folders\Gir X-Origin: SCOTT-S X-FileName: sscott3.nsf Dear fellow signatories to the Comprehensive Settlement: On Friday of last week, SoCalGas and PG&E informed ALJ Biren that Altra had definitively declined to offer the electronic trading services that both the already-approved PG&E settlement and the pending SoCalGas/SDG&E Comprehensive Settlement contemplated would be provided specifically by Altra for at least an intial period.? Both SoCalGas and PG&E sent a letter and email to to the full service list yesterday (Tues, 9/5) informing parties of this development. SoCalGas believes that some modification to the Comprehensive Settlement in necessary to take this development into account, and that we then need to file the modification as soon as possible with the Commission.? The ALJ has indicated to us that some formal filing with the Commission in response to this development will be necessary. We want to work with the signatories to the Comprehensive Settlement to reach a consensus as soon as possible.? Our goal is to cause little or no delay in the processing of a decision on the Comprehensive Settlement. What SoCalGas has in mind is modifying the settlement to remove the specific naming of Altra and to insert language saying that SoCalGas will select and contract with a third-party provider for a specified period of time, without identifying in the settlement who that will be.?? We also need to consider whether we should address in the revision to the settlement how we will handle the possibility that the third-party provider will not be ready to operate by the April 1, 2001 date the settlement provides for the monthly imbalance trading, OFO day imbalance chip trading, and storage rights trading.? SoCalGas is looking at interim arrangements that it could provide in-house starting April 1, 2001, until the third-party provider could begin service.? We also might consider what would happen if no third party provider can be found. To avoid any claims that we have not complied with the settlement rules, today we mailed and emailed to the full service list a notice of a settlement conference for Wednesday of next week.? We want to file something with the Commission very promptly thereafter. Please feel free to contact Glen Sullivan at 619-699-5027, Lad Lorenz at 213-244-3820, Bob Betonte at 213-244-3832, or June Suwara at 213-244-3504 on this subject.? For those of you who have not heard, Brian Cherry has submitted his resignation from Sempra Energy's Regulatory Affairs Dept. and will be going to work shortly for PG&E in a similar capacity.