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Under terms of a deal already announced, Southern CaliforniaEdison last week continued shopping its interests in nuclear andcoal-fired generating plants in the Southwest. In play are 1,300MWs for which Edison already has an offer of $550 millioncollectively from Arizona-based Pinnacle West Energy Corp.

Under terms of a deal already announced, Southern CaliforniaEdison last week continued shopping its interests in nuclear andcoal-fired generating plants in the Southwest. In play are 1,300MWs for which Edison already has an offer of $550 millioncollectively from Arizona-based Pinnacle West Energy Corp.

California regulators yesterday approved a settlement dealingwith Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s imbalance procedures andoperational flow orders (OFO). Regulators, however, did not act onthe much tougher issues included in the proposed interim andcomprehensive settlements filed earlier this year by SouthernCalifornia Gas (SoCalGas).

Due to nominations exceeding capacity, Transwestern wasallocating deliveries Wednesday to SoCal Gas at Needles, CA. About196,000 MMBtu/d in the West of Thoreau segment was affected,Transwestern said.

A new pipeline may be needed in Southern California to eliminateimpending gas supply and infrastructure constraints, which couldbecome critical in the next few years, according to participants ata one-day roundtable last week in San Diego. Demand is expected tofar exceed supply in the burgeoning southern end of California andon both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border, where population,industrial and energy growth are surpassing expectations.

A new pipeline may be needed in Southern California to eliminateimpending gas supply and infrastructure constraints, which couldbecome critical in the next few years, according to participants ata one-day roundtable set up by the California Public UtilitiesCommission (CPUC) Tuesday in San Diego. Demand is expected to farexceed supply in the burgeoning southern end of California and onboth sides of the U.S.-Mexican border, where population, industrialand energy growth are surpassing expectations,

In the aftermath of an extremely critical consultant’s report onits handling of a prospective asset sale, Southern California Gashas reached a settlement with one part of the state regulatorycommission and is separately trying to reopen the possible sale ofits smallest Los Angeles Basin underground natural gas storagefacility in an eastern Los Angeles suburb. An administrative lawjudge (ALJ) with the California Public Utilities Commission isconsidering whether to recommend the deal to the full five-memberCPUC.

During Sept. 7-11 maintenance on its Topock (AZ) Lateral andrelated facilities, Transwestern expects no flows to either SoCalGas or PG&E at their Topock interconnects. However, thepipeline said it is investigating “limited alternative deliveryarrangements” for the two points. It will be able to schedule up to300,000 MMBtu/d at Mojave Pipeline’s Topock interconnect.

California’s major natural gas industry players, some 75parties, will sit down again seeking agreement on a plan forunbundling the Southern California Gas system that has so-farresisted full opening up of intrastate and interstate transmissionand storage for all customers, large and small.