California

Southern California Gas said Monday that due to high inventories in its storage fields, it had reduced injection capacity by 60 MMcf/d. Then in a Tuesday update it said another 17 MMcf/d of injection was lost because of electrical repairs to the No. 8 main unit at its Playa Del Rey field.

The spotlight will be on FERC Thursday as it takes up the controversial case involving return on equity (ROE) for the Wyoming-to-California Kern River Gas Transmission pipeline.

Southern California Gas kept a high-linepack OFO issued for Saturday in place through Sunday before lifting it Monday.

Southern California Gas declared a high-linepack OFO for Saturday, saying it would assess Buy-Back charges in accordance with its tariffs to customers who deliver into its system more than 110% of their actual gas usage on the OFO day.

The governors Washington, Oregon and California again wrote to President Bush Monday, opposing any efforts in the federal government to weaken offshore oil/gas drilling bans. Early last month, Govs. Christine Gregoire (WA), Theodore Kulongoski (OR) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (CA) announced a partnership they said was forged to protect the Pacific Coast.

In a new forecast, Andover, MA-based WSI Corp. said last week that it expects the Northwest and the Pacific Coast of California to average colder than normal over the next three months while a majority of the southern U.S. and the East see warmer than normal readings.

Looking at temperature predictions over the next three months, Andover, MA-based WSI Corp. said it expects the northwest and the coastal cities of California to average colder than normal conditions while a majority of the southern U.S. and the East are anticipated to see warmer than normal readings.

Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. plans to offer its business customers what it is calling “extreme energy efficiency” services through 2008 that individually could save up to 250,000 therms annually. The utility has committed at least $2.4 million as part of a new Energy-Efficiency Grant Program.

Southern California Gas issued a high-linepack OFO for Friday, setting a 10% tolerance for positive daily imbalances. Pacific Gas & Electric kept a systemwide Stage 2 high-inventory OFO that was declared for Thursday in place through at least Friday.