Practice and Procedure. Opening comments were filed by PG&E, and by SoCalGas and SDG&E. Those comments have been considered and appropriate changes have been made. Assignment of Proceeding Carla J. Peterman is the assigned Commissioner, and John S. Wong is the assigned Administrative Law Judge in this proceeding. Findings of Fact In D.14-01-034, the Commission, among other things, adopted standards that specify the concentration of allowable constituents of concern in biomethane that can be injected into the natural gas utility’s pipeline. In D.15-06-029, the Commission addressed the cost issues associated with meeting the biomethane standards and requirements adopted in D.14-01-034, and implemented the biomethane monetary incentive program. On December 1, 2015, CRNG filed a petition for modification of D.15-06-029 requesting that modifications be made in three areas. Among other things, SB 840 added Public Utilities Code Section 784.1 in which the Legislature requests that the CCST undertake and complete a study relating to minimum heating value and the maximum siloxane specification for biomethane, and for the Commission to reevaluate the requirements and standards adopted in D.14-01-034 while giving due deference to the CCST study. Effective January 1, 2017, and as a result of AB 2313, Public Utilities Code Section 399.19 modifies the monetary incentive program adopted in D.15-06-029.
Practice and Procedure. Opening comments were filed by PG&E, and by SoCalGas and SDG&E. Those comments have been considered and appropriate changes have been made. Assignment of Proceeding Carla J. Peterman is the assigned Commissioner, and John S. Wong is the assigned Administrative Law Judge in this proceeding. Findings of Fact In D.14-01-034, the Commission, among other things, adopted standards that specify the concentration of allowable constituents of concern in biomethane that can be injected into the natural gas utility’s pipeline. In D.15-06-029, the Commission addressed the cost issues associated with meeting the biomethane standards and requirements adopted in D.14-01-034, and implemented the biomethane monetary incentive program. On December 1, 2015, CRNG filed a petition for modification of D.15-06-029 requesting that modifications be made in three areas. Among other things, SB 840 added Public Utilities Code Section 784.1 in which the Legislature requests that the CCST undertake and complete a study relating to minimum heating value and the maximum siloxane specification for biomethane, and for the Commission to reevaluate the requirements and standards adopted in D.14-01-034 while giving due deference to the CCST study. Effective January 1, 2017, and as a result of AB 2313, Public Utilities Code Section 399.19 modifies the monetary incentive program adopted in D.15-06-029.
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